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This gallery contains a series of photos of a rather unusual event, a duiker seeing, smelling and surviving an encounter with a rock python. Our guide estimated that the snake was at least 5 meters (16 to 17 feet) long. Sherry noticed the duiker in the brush about 20 or 30 meters off the road just staring at the ground. The story unfolds from there. This was, as you would expect, a first for us, but it was also a first for our guide who spends a lot of time in the park.
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irishbob > and closer
irishbob > and closer. Not very bright is he?
irishbob > Putting himself into a good position for the snake to strike.
irishbob > Then backing off a little
irishbob > Then comming even closer
irishbob > The duiker moved so close to the snake it appeared that he touched it.
irishbob > The entire snake, and we're talking a lot of snake passed right in front of him.
irishbob > In this photo you can get some idea of the true size of the snake.
irishbob > The snake went off without taking any notice of the antalope. One lucky duiker. all we could figure is that it had eaten recently. The saga ends with them both going their own ways.
and closer
 > and closer
and closer
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Keywords: duiker rock python
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