Puffadder Combat at the Cape of Good Hope from bitis Watch Video
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Description: While walking in the Cape Point region of the Table Mountain National Park on 6 September 2015, I had the incredibly good fortune to encounter two male Puffadders (Bitis arietans subsp. arietans) involved in pre-mating combat on the beach at the Cape of Good Hope.nnThis footage was shot on a Samsung S5 Mini phone. I wanted to get as near to the action as possible, and vary the angle to show how close they were to the sea, but I certainly didn't want to have either of the Puffies suddenly turning
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