File:Naja nivea hooding while swimming 2 - Sonja van Zyl.jpg
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Naja nivea hooding while swimming
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Afrikaans: 'n Geelslang maak bakkop terwyl dit oor 'n Kaapse dam swem. Sodra dit deur die boot genader is het dit ophou swem, die kop volkome opgelig en bakkop gemaak. Al drywende het dit dus die terrestriële houding ingeneem.
Goedgunstig beskikbaar gestel deur Sonja van Zyl, nadat sy die foto's by Die Mond in die Karoo geneem het. Die Geelslang, Naja nivea, is in die dam sien swem terwyl hulle in 'n boot gevaar het. Die liggaam wat so hoog in die water drywe is aan die volkome opgeblase long toe te skryf, terwyl die effektief soliede stert laer in die water hang. Al is Geelslange nie akwaties nie, is hulle soos meeste slangspesies goeie swemmers. Hierdie een het effens bakkop gemaak toe dit die boot gewaar, en toe die boot nader kom het dit al drywende dieselfde verdedigende houding ingeneem as tydens 'n bedreiging op land. English: Naja nivea hooding while swimming across a dam. It began as soon as the boat approached, and then stopped swimming and reared fully, adopting the terrestrial behaviour pattern while still floating. Kindly made available by Sonja van Zyl, after she had taken the photographs at Die Mond in the Karoo. The Cape cobra, Naja nivea was seen swimming in the dam where they were boating. Its body floating so high in the water reflects how fully it had inflated its lung, though the effectively solid tail hangs lower in the water. Though Cape cobras are not aquatic, they swim effectively, like most active snake species. This one began hooding slightly when disturbed by the boat, and when the boat approached more closely, the snake reared, demonstrating the same attitude as that of the defensive threat on land, while still floating. |
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