Since moving into our house 3 and a half months ago, we have had seven snakes in our yard. Six of them lost their lives for sure while one may be alive and well or may be enduring a slow death. We're not sure. Six of the seven have also been poisonous. And not just kind of poisonous. We've had a 5 foot long black spitting cobra and 3 black mambas (one of which was over 4 feet). Two were unnamed poisonous snakes and the other one harmless. Last Friday two black mambas were playing in the back yard and were spotted by Kulwa, who is building a storage shed for us out back. Kulwa killed one of them but the other got away. He saw it go through a hole in the bottom of our fence, which is concrete. So he got some cement and sealed the hole. So that snake is now either enjoying his life in our neighbors yard or is trapped inside our fence. If he got out I have great sympathy for our neighbors. If he did not, I feel little sympathy for him. I'm not an animal hater or anything, I just don't like snakes that can kill you in minutes hanging out where our daughter will one day play. We've been told that after we've been here a while the snakes will probably all either be killed or make their way out of our yard, disturbed by the presence of people, and we won't often have them around anymore. I'm holding out for this happening sooner than later.
On an only slightly related subject; last week at Bible study we were looking at the temptation of Eve and someone made the comment that if Adam and Eve had been Chinese, the world never would have fallen. Confused, we asked why. She answered, "Because if they had been Chinese, they would have eaten the snake instead of the fruit." Ha ha.
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First... love the story at the end! I definitely laughed out loud! Next, you need to take this post down! Scott is terrified of snakes and it doesn't bode well for us coming over there... especially since the tickets are actually booked yet!
ReplyDeleteHa! The Adam and Eve part is hilarious. NOT so much the poisonous snake part. Yikes. I've never been afraid of snakes - we even had one as a pet once. But none of the ones I came into contact with were poisonous. Stay safe! I will pray that you do!
ReplyDeleteI hate snakes!!! For almost two weeks I walked across the campus at Mapepe Bible College in Lusaka, oblivious to the danger. After six AIMers arrived they announced, "Oh, two of the deadliest snakes on earth have been seen here in the past--cobra and black mamba." Those last two days of getting to class were much more nervous for me. Thanks for letting me know to keep my eyes open when I get to Geita.
ReplyDeleteHey Christie, came over for a visit from Brett's blog.
ReplyDeletewow, sounds like you need a Rikki Tikki Tavi over there :)
love the part about Adam and Eve... *sigh* too bad they weren't Chinese :D
Christie: came over from Brett's blog. Loved the story on his and love it here as well. i also see you like Diet Dr. Pepper. Hmmmm you have inched even higher in my eyes. That is the drink of choice. :)
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