Puff adders in Africa are ambush foragers that rely on patience and stealth to catch prey, though their lying-in-wait strategy often puts the squat, venomous snakes at risk of being spotted and eaten ...
The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in?
Xavier Glaudas receives funding from National Geographic. Graham Alexander receives funding from the National Research Foundation and National Geographic. Predators use a variety of strategies to ...
Durban — Work was temporarily halted when workers spotted a puff adder in the area they were working at a cement plant on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. South Coast snake catcher Sarel ...
A massive puff adder captured on video in the Little Karoo draws 1.5M views, showcasing its stealthy movement and camouflage ...
The notorious Puff Adder may be more puff than bite if a scientist is to be believed. According to Wits University professor Graham Alexander quoted in the Cape Times newspaper, the reptiles have got ...
If you’ve scheduled a visit to Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) this summer, its best to watch your step. Tyrone Ping, author and herpetologist, posted a video on TikTok of a puff adder in its ...
Puff adders are so difficult to detect by scent that trained snake-finding dogs can walk over a live adder without noticing. “The puff adders wouldn’t react, and the dogs would be sniffing on the ...
The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in?
The puff adder, Bitis Arietans, one of Africa's most abundant and venomous snake species has long been known to be a master of camouflage, but research has shown that it is the first land animal to be ...
A British tourist has cheated death in South Africa after being bitten in the right ankle by a deadly puff adder, one of Africa's most dangerous snakes. Harriet Edwards, 23, of Dorset, was hiking with ...