What a dangerous beauty !

My dogs barked like mad in the courtyard. I went to investigate and found this. Needless to say - I took her to a open and safe field, far away from any homes. Click here to learn what a Puff-adder is. I seem to have lots of them around my home. However, they are mostly active in summer (Dec - Feb) not in May :-)

Puff Adder

The snake and the cat.

The evening before last, my wife called upon me, to remove a night adder, which decided to pay us a visit. Cindy, our cat, tried her best to keep the venomous snake at bay. Unfortunately, I had to kill the snake in the end. I seldom do that, but my wife insisted. With children playing around, I had no other choice.