Weskussers weet die somerweer beteken dat koudbloedige diere soos slange weer hul verskyning maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Etienne Swanepoel van Dwarskersbos Snake Rescue & Conservation het Sondag (23 Oktober) \u2019n \u201cbuitengewone groot\u201d Kaapse kobra in Paternoster gevang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie noodoproep het ingekom toe ek tussen Klapmuts en Wellington was, waar ek oor twee dae \u2019n aanbieding van slanghantering deur die African Snakebite Institute by Exotic Animal World gedoen het. Die Paternoster-inwoner het geskakel terwyl ek reeds op pad was na \u2019n noodoproep uit Shelley Point vir \u2019n slang in \u2019n inwoner se gasteslaapkamer,\u201d s\u00ea Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy werk al langer as vier dekades met slange en ander diere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit sou hom twee ure neem om in Paternoster te kom. Intussen het hy die inwoners gemaan om altyd vyf groot tre\u00eb van die slang weg te bly, maar om die reptiel se bewegings te alle tye dop te hou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToe ek daar aankom, het drie inwoners aan weerskante van die struik waarin die slang skuiling gaan soek het, gestaan om te verseker hy glip nie weg nie,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 \u2019n paar minute se gesoek het Swanepoel die punt van die slang se stert gesien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGelukkig het my opleiding en ondervinding hier tot my voordeel gestrek toe ek sien hoe groot die slang is \u2013 (dit was) loshande die grootste Kaapse kobra wat ek nog gesien of hanteer het. Die kobra was verbasend rustig en ek kon hom gou in die vervoerhouer wegsit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swanepoel maan slange sal verdedigend optree wanneer hulle bedreig voel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met die hulp van \u2019n vriend, \u2019n mede-slanghanteerder van die African Snakebite Institute (ASI), het Swanepoel die Kaapse kobra gemeet en \u2019n paar foto\u2019s geneem. \u201cHierdie buitengewone groot mannetjie- Kaapse kobra van 1,66 m en \u2019n gemiddelde omtrek van 15 cm sien \u2019n mens nie meer baie nie. Kaapse kobras is een van ons gevaarlike, giftige spesies in Suid-Afrika met \u2019n neurotoksiese gif wat die senuweestelsel aantas en verlamming veroorsaak,\u201d verduidelik Swanepoel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy waarsku enigeen wat deur \u2019n Kaapse kobra gebyt word, moet so gou as moontlik by die naaste mediese fasiliteit uitkom vir behandeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 Paternoster is die plaaslike slangvanger na Shelley Point waar hy \u2019n giftige Kaapse sandslang uit die gastekamer verwyder het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beide slange is in veilige gebiede vrygelaat waar hulle nie weer gevaar vir mense sal inhou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swanepoel se wenke vir wanneer inwoners \u2019n slang te\u00ebkom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n \n \n Weskussers weet die somerweer beteken dat koudbloedige diere soos slange weer hul verskyning 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\n <\/span> <\/span>Bly ten minste vyf tre\u00eb weg van \u2019n slang. Onthou om die slang se bewegings dop te hou en hou geliefdes en troeteldiere ook veilig weg;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n <\/span> <\/span>Kontak onmiddellik \u2019n professionele slanghanteerder en moenie die slang uit sig verloor totdat die hanteerder daar aankom nie; en<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n .<\/span>
\n <\/span> <\/span>Laai die ASI Snakes-app af. Daar is kontakbesonderhede van slanghan\u00adteerders, noodhulp- en ander inligting wat gedurende \u201cslangseisoen\u201d mense veilig kan help hou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"