Kasane is a town of about 15,000. It and Maun are the two biggest tour centers of Botswana. Still it has a small town feeling. Bill saw two wart hogs at the shopping center a few days ago and I heard a hyena outside the window last night. Today our visitors were male and female boomslang snakes in the trees above the house. The book says that they rarely bite but their venom can kill you in 1 to 3 days due to internal bleeding. Toff called in Mike Clemence local chief mechanic and snake catcher. Mike and his crew caught both snakes and put them in pillow cases provided by Toff. They measured 1.7 and 1.79 meters (5ft 8 inches and 6ft), a record for this area.
Wow! Great photos of those snakes. I noticed neither of you were kneeling down next to the snake catcher for a closer look. Did you get me email about the Audobon? Love, katie
ReplyDeleteNo, Daddy was taking the pictures and I stayed in the house although I did go out and observe them in the trees to keep track until the catchers arrived because when they move they are fast. I just didn't want to be in the way during the nabbing.
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