By Victoria Nuttall-Smith
while returning to camp, my guests and I experienced a bucket list sighting. Only, it had not been on our bucket lists until we were right there, in the moment, experiencing two puff adders caught in copulation.
Awestruck and reeling from the adrenaline of nearly mistaking them for a stick on the road, we silently watched as the large female puff adder dragged her male counterpart around.
Admittedly, I need to be better versed in the mating antics of these snakes, and thus, I was prompted to do a deep dive into all the wonderous aspects associated with puff adder procreation. Here is what I learned:
After much appreciation for the ceremonious occasion we had observed, we left the two snakes no different than we had found them, fused together, and determined to ensure the success of the next generation of puff adders on MalaMala.
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