Cape Town – Durban snake rescuer, Nick Evans has described the moment when he bumped into southern African pythons engaged in “mating behaviour”, as a “dream kind of sighting” although he “felt bad” that he interrupted them.
The snake catcher, who says has been “fascinated and excited” by the study of the species, spotted the pythons recently at his study site.
Evans took to his Facebook timeline to share a picture of the snakes.
“I bumped into these three beautiful southern African pythons. There was actually a fourth, which disappeared before I took the photo.
“This is typical mating behaviour. Males will congregate around a female (the larger of the three),” Evans said.
He said it was the very end of the python mating season, as most of it occurred in the winter months.
“Of course, they all vanished once they sensed me. I obviously felt bad. But I certainly wasn’t expecting to bump into them in the thick reeds,” Evans said.
“They’ll link back up very quickly. Males can smell that female from far away.”
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Picture: Facebook/ Nick Evans – Snake Rescuer
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
