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    Walking in the bush

    Posted by GrahamNicholls 12 April 2007

    Don't be afraid of walking in the bush (with a guide), if you can. I remember noticing a baby tortoise when walking with a guide once. It was (and so was a small chameleon) cute, in fact from the planet cute.

    My best memory of safari is having told our guide that I was interested in snakes (and other small stuff), we got a radio call to say that another landrover had trapped a rock python in a small area of grass/bush. We went flying over there, and got to the area where the snake was - about 2m x 2m. It took 10 minutes to find the snake, which was about 2m long. The guides said I could catch it if I wanted, so I did. It was very exciting, and I was shaking somewhat by the time I'd got it held firmly (It bit my arm and hand in the process). The young boys in our landrover were pretty excited to get to touch the snake, and my wife took some photos. After extracting the snake from where it had tucked itself into my shirt, we let it go, unharmed. A rock Python is a constrictor (so non-venomous), so I had no ill-effects from the bite, but did have to take an antibiotic as they do have notoriously dirty mouths.

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