by Amphibian » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:37 am
Fooble mate we worked hard over the weekend which in the end to be honest produced very little.
Nearly 21 hours of driving, 5 tanks of diesel, 3 hours hunting on the Friday afternoon (in unseasonably cold rain), a straight 13 hours on the Saturday and then 5 hours on the Sunday.
The primary aim was to try find and photograph the still so unbelievably elusive Elapsoidea sundevalii media I have never personally seen one of these.
Mostly just the usual suspects popped up: Lamprophis aurora, Dasypeltis scarbra, Hemachatus haemachatus (jet black), Lycophidion capense, Pseudaspis cana, Bitis arietans and a few other bits and pieces.
Nothing too sexy but I did see my first Aarvark and although frustratingly I didn't get any pictures any one who has spent decent time in the bush will know these animals are practically ghosts.
So a couple of nice firsts but mostly just good to be out and about.
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