1. Duiker and Python

Duiker and Python

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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This is the position of the duiker that sparked Sherry's interest. It was just staring at the ground.
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This is the position of the duiker that sparked Sherry's interest. It was just staring at the ground.

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  • This is the position of the duiker that sparked Sherry's interest. It was just staring at the ground.
  • We started taking some initial photographs with the intention of not staying long, the antelope looked at us. Sherry first noticed the snakes head comming in from the right. Wasn't sure exactly what it was. Note lower right hand corner.
  • The body of the smake just kept comming, with the duiker appearing to be facinated.
  • The duiker moved away from the snake viewing it from a distance.
  • Then it started getting closer.
  • The snake started raising its head to see the duiker.
  • Raising it higher.
  • The duiker again started moving closer.
  • and closer
  • and closer
  • and closer. Not very bright is he?
  • Putting himself into a good position for the snake to strike.
  • Then backing off a little
  • Then comming even closer
  • The duiker moved so close to the snake it appeared that he touched it.
  • The entire snake, and we're talking a lot of snake passed right in front of him.
  • In this photo you can get some idea of the true size of the snake.
  • 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.
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