After a week of seeing Vader but being unable to capture him on photo we were successful yesterday! He looks in good condition and judging by the speed he shot off at, he is as happy as Larry with his new home. All in all a good day, we located Lucas the little Black Mamba […]
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FC01 – Day 39
01/02/2012 18:12 – 33c After a week of not seeing FC01 we were worried that we would not find it. But then by luck we picked up a signal, in the opposite direction to where we had been expecting it to be (yes I know, it is usually easier to find something if you look […]
FC01 – Day 33
26/01/2012 10:00 – 26.4c FC01 was still in the same patch of bush as the previous couple of days. Great we thought, it has found another place to chill. 18:40 – 25.6c But no. Due to its positioning near the gate, for the last couple of days we have been checking position as we drive […]
FC01 – Day 32
25/01/2012 8:00 FC01 was still inside the termite mound (Day 10, 29-32) this morning. But lots of rain today and we want to see if it was the rain that caused FC01 to leave the termite mound last time so we will check again later. NB: 25/01/2012 18:30 It would appear our suspicions are […]
FC01 – Day 30
23/01/2012 8:00am Well, good news, FC01 – Forest Cobra #1 – is still here. It was sunning itself in the trees but we couldn’t see it, so we moved closer into the bush and the signal stopped, holding our breaths we waited. It could have been above us, to the left of us or to […]
FC01 – Day 29 – The Wanderer Returns
Hi everbody, Things have been quite quiet regarding FC01; but never fear I am about to tell you why. Day 26 – FC01 has made the most of the cooler weather and has ventured into the Pineapple fields. Day 27 – As the hot weather approaches FC01 has crossed over the road and entered a […]
FC01 – Day 26
19/01/2011 18:00 Cool temperature, low humidity. Overnight showers. Now that we have a less steamy day here in Hluhluwe it has made a break for it. There are frogs in abundance thanks to the rain and FC01 has ventured into the pineapple fields! This is not good. Lets hope FC01 decides to turn back before […]
FC01 – Day 25 – It’s Alive!
18/01/2011 15:30 70ml rain overnight. After the break in the Hluhluwe heat (and finally some rain! ), FC01 has decided to let us know it is still alive and moved to a new spot. However technical failure occurs in the rain, so we have used triangulation to obtain this approximate position. But we are confident […]
FC01 – Day 24
17/01/2011 FC01 is still in the same position. Six days in the same place is not a good sign. But the weather is about to break, so we will soon find out if it is alive or not. We can’t smell dead snake, and in this heat we should be able to smell it from […]
FC01 – Day 18
By Lacey Robson on January 11, 2012 in Bushwire, Extreme Nature Tour, FC01, Forest Cobra Project, Our animals, Phase 2
11/01/2012 – Day 18 9:30am We have been checking the position of FC01 everyday, but there has been little if any change in position. When we observed this behaviour during our last project, it was due to either a large feed, the weather or (unhappily) the snake having been eaten. The weather recently has been […]
