[font="Times New Roman"][size=3]I have been fishin
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Eels eeeeeeish.One night a Kwelega round about 1am, I decided to rebait my second rod.While I was doing it, half asleep, something brought my other line in.I picked the rod up, thinking the sinker had pulled and started realing in.I saw the neon glow stick just at the edge of the rock's where it was stuck.I walked across the very slippery rock's and grabed the neon to free the sinker, hmmmmmmm an eel wriggled just below my finger's.I tell you, that's better than a case of red bull!I still get shiver's thinking about it.
WilMaarVisVang
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Ja at Koopmans Kloof camping and catching trout back the last century (1970's). The heat of the day required a swim.... A deep dive down in the tannin coloured water I thought the eel needed grabbing for dinner... Luck would have it, it was faster than me....
MAN a Cape cobra slithered onto the embankment!!!!! The water was undrinkable downstream
:rasta
MAN a Cape cobra slithered onto the embankment!!!!! The water was undrinkable downstream
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Bra Chocks
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I was fishing in Morgan bay and walking from spot to spot. I was on the path towards the lighthouse when all of a sudden something caught my eye just in front of me. In the path was a lekker thick puff adder. One more step and I would have stood on it. I quickly changed my mind on the spot I was going to fish.
Dr halibut hoffman
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I'll take a guess at a black barred bush snake, it fits all the ID characteristics although I don't think I've seen one before.. maybe not on second thoughts and looking at a photo or four..it might be an adult though..someone who knows should chime in soon enough 
aquadementia
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that's a rinkhals
Transkeikat
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I also think rinkhals... very dangerous snake with a bad attitude!
Dr halibut hoffman
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Colouration does not look like any rinkhals I've seen but colouration can be highly variable in snakes I know?
Jorries wrote:
More about the Rinkhals The Rinkhals or Ring-necked Spitting Cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus) is a venomous snake of the family Elapidae found only in South Africa in the southern, eastern and central parts of the the country - there is an isolated population in eastern Zimbabwe on the Mozambique border. They prefer grasslands and swampy areas, but do occur in other suitable habitats. The main prey of the rinkhals are frogs and toads, but it also feeds on small mammals and reptiles. The venom is neurotoxic and partially cytotoxic. When distressed the snake will rear and spread its hood as a defensive mechanism; it can also spit or spray its venom to a distance up to 2.5m. The rinkhals will fake death by rolling on its back with its mouth agape. Colour variation in the rinkhals is extremely variable. Mostly they are brown or blackish above, uniform or more often spotted with black or creamy white to light brown spots, irregular variegations, crossbars or bands; below they are dark brown or black with 1 or 2 (rarely 3) white crossbands on the neck. The average length is about 1 meter, but they may reach lengths of 1.5m. The rinkhals is not the same genus as the true cobras (Naja spp), but is monotypic. It is also unique in that it is ovovipiparous, giving birth to 20-35 live young. The venom is not necessarily fatal to humans, it causes local swelling and bruising, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, sometimes violent abdominal pains, cramps and vertigo. People must be extremely careful of the spitting, the venom can cause great pain if it enters the eyes.
Yip Rinkhals. If you could see 1 or 2 bands on the throat that would be confirmation.
More about the Rinkhals The Rinkhals or Ring-necked Spitting Cobra (Hemachatus haemachatus) is a venomous snake of the family Elapidae found only in South Africa in the southern, eastern and central parts of the the country - there is an isolated population in eastern Zimbabwe on the Mozambique border. They prefer grasslands and swampy areas, but do occur in other suitable habitats. The main prey of the rinkhals are frogs and toads, but it also feeds on small mammals and reptiles. The venom is neurotoxic and partially cytotoxic. When distressed the snake will rear and spread its hood as a defensive mechanism; it can also spit or spray its venom to a distance up to 2.5m. The rinkhals will fake death by rolling on its back with its mouth agape. Colour variation in the rinkhals is extremely variable. Mostly they are brown or blackish above, uniform or more often spotted with black or creamy white to light brown spots, irregular variegations, crossbars or bands; below they are dark brown or black with 1 or 2 (rarely 3) white crossbands on the neck. The average length is about 1 meter, but they may reach lengths of 1.5m. The rinkhals is not the same genus as the true cobras (Naja spp), but is monotypic. It is also unique in that it is ovovipiparous, giving birth to 20-35 live young. The venom is not necessarily fatal to humans, it causes local swelling and bruising, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, sometimes violent abdominal pains, cramps and vertigo. People must be extremely careful of the spitting, the venom can cause great pain if it enters the eyes.
Dr halibut hoffman
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Thanks for confirming china..It always amazes me as to how variable snakes are in colour. Redlips where I stay now look quite different in colour to where I grew up and I see boomslangs in every colour of the rainbow except red/orange including a resident male who is half the colours in the rainbow and has changed over the years too loosing his bright blues.
Dr halibut hoffman
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Thanks Diesel for the local confirmation, ja ..((wideeye))