Reporting Date: 31 May 2012

Hunter hunted.

A lot of things happen in the world of nature which when not documented it is not easy for people to understand and believe as was the case today of a black spitting cobra fighting and overpowering a Puff adder. If one compares the sizes of the two snakes, it  is not easy to imagine that a cobra would emerge the winner in the fight. On a game drive today, ranger Godson who loves snakes, watched a black cobra move over some flat rock into a small pool of water where a puff adder was resting, he bit the puff adder on the side of the belly and the pain made him twist over as it struggled to move away. The cobra quickly followed and gave more bites making the puff adder twist more and more with pain. The poison from the spitting cobra was reacting faster on the Puff adder as it soon ran out of strength and died.  Eventually the cobra was left trying to swallow its prey. Normally puff adders are slow to react and are not as agile as the cobras. Not many people are funs of snakes but the guests had a good spectacle from this event.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers