Reptiles: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour

[Mel]

This one looks like it has swallowed a giant miliped that walks the snake across the road instead of wriggling

[Flutterby]

Mel!

[Lisbeth]

[nan]

wow impressive

[Lisbeth]

Mamba Snake Snacks On Chameleon That's Given Up On Life

https://youtu.be/rRY-8B7dQyc

This chameleon just accepted its fate when the mamba came knocking.

The video of the confrontation was captured by Casper Badenhorst and shared by Latest Sightings in Kruger National Park. While driving with his family they came upon the chameleon in the road and stopped to show it to his children.

"While we were looking at it, I noticed that it had black spots which appeared and disappeared on various parts of its body," Badenhorst tells Latest Sightings.

"As it stopped in the middle of the road, a snake came out of the grass, slithered towards it and after looking at it for a few seconds, picked up the chameleon and slithered off with the chameleon in its mouth, disappearing into the grass next to the road."

It became clear that the chameleon had probably been bitten by the snake before the family got there, and was waiting for the venom to take effect from the side of the road.

[Flutterby]

Poor little thing.

[Lisbeth]

Also snakes have to eat

[Flutterby]

I know. Again, the conundrum of the kill.

[Lisbeth]

We, especially females, always cross fingers for the weaker one

[Flutterby]

We once watched a lion stalking an impala from the Olifants deck. There were lots of people there and most of the women were cheering for the impala while the men cheered on the lion....was like a rugby match!