04 May 2010

Who is hiding in the rocks?

This Puff Adder was lying just in the middle of the parking area at our shop.
We could barely see it lying there.
This is quite a closeup shot.

10 comments:

Lori ann said...

that's cool. isn't natures camoflage amazing. glad you didn't step on it.

Tiennie said...

Fortunately not.
We have some snake catchers over here and they came to pick it up and took it to the Chobe National park.

Anonymous said...

Tell me you have a good zoom lens and you weren't that close!

Happy to know it's relocated to somewhere safe.

Lyn said...

How incredible is that?? It would be so easy to step on that baby!

Anonymous said...

Well spotted! Sneaky little buggers those puffies

Val said...

yikes!! did he give you a warning hiss?

word veri: bless

:-)

Angela said...

And puff adders are really poisonous, aren`t they? Sometimes I am happy I do NOT live in Africa.

karen said...

It looks so beautiful against the brown earth. One more snake escapes being killed, thanks to some caring people!

malonetravels2 said...

Wow, what a great photo. Was this an early morning surprise, Tiennie?

We saw one last year on a night drive in South Luangwa from the safety of a high clearance safari vehicle!

The pale observer said...

Scary! What happened to him after this pic was taken?

Cheers

Holli in Ghana