Leopard Creek workers startle python wrapped around bushbuck
During their early morning duties at Leopard Creek, workers came across a python that had wrapped itself around a bushbuck after killing it earlier.
MALALANE – Workers at Leopard Creek Country Club had their early morning duties disrupted yesterday when they spotted a huge python wrapped around a bushbuck.
According to the club director, Johan Piek, they suspect the snake had lain in wait for the bushbuck in the bushes surrounding the golf course. Drag marks indicted that a struggle had taken place, which landed the reptile and antelope on the shorter grass.
The snake was startled by the arrival of the humans and slowly unwound itself before heading back into the bushes.
Former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen tweeted a video clip of the incident, which received 2 658 likes and 396. Watch it below:
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Piek said that golf course is surrounded by bush and borders the Kruger National Park. Due to this, staff and visitors sometimes spot predators such as leopards. Like the rest of the Lowveld, it is also home to a variety of snakes and antelope like impala, bushbuck and waterbuck freely wander Leopard Creek’s grounds.
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