Sometimes, people get up to some really dumb antics when “confronted” with nature.
This crowd of men, women and (most shockingly) children, for example, have trapped something against this building in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve. What is it, you may ask? Well, only an extremely dangerous Mozambique Spitting Cobra (no, I wasn’t going to try and get close enough to a cornered venomous snake to take a picture 🙂 )
And these people seem not to realise that this elephant bull could, if he was so inclined, easily reach any of them inside the Mankwe Hide in the Pilanesberg National Park…
“Humanity” is this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge theme.
DeWetsWild 
Both brilliant displays of human intelligence! You wonder how we got to the top of the food chain with moves like that don’t you?!
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Just by sheer strength of numbers woud be my guess, Jenny!
😀 😀 😀
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Haha – I think that could be the only answer! 😀
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By natural selection – the ones who had sense, survived; but it appears that some of the common sense genes didn’t get passed on….maybe people felt safe getting so close to the cobra because there were so many humans and only one would get bitten? Nah….
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Curiosity obviously runs stronger in the gene pool than common sense does Annette 🙂
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So curiosity doesn’t only kill the cat? 🙂
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Seems some people go out to disprove that saying, yes Annette 😉
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Mense leef in ‘n kokon,weggeneem uit die natuur.Daarom besef ons nie meer hoe gevaarlik dit daarbuite is nie.Mens sien al meer en meer sulke gevalle,waar toeriste na olifante toe stap of op motors se dakke klim om leeus af te neem.Dis ook deels hierdie mavericks op tv wat allerhande woeste goed met diere aanvang,se skuld.
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Ek kan beslis met jou saamstem daaroor Dina, maar ai, die mense moet mos darem nog n bietjie oorhe van daai stemmetjie in die agterkop wat jou waarsku om eerder twee keer te dink!
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Oh my word..a cobra?
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A cobra!!!!
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How extraordinary photos you shot. Loved both of them 🙂
Thanks for visiting my post
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Thank you too, Suyash!
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🙂
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wow!
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Incredible, isn’t it Q?
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All humans have a brain, many choose not to use it! 😀
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Now ain’t that the truth Linda!?
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When I saw your name I wondered what you’d come up with because your blog is so centered on the wild. So of course you did a great job combining the wild with the people and an important message. Well done!
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Thanks very much Tina, what a nice compliment!
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Here it’s tourists feeding the alligators – and then wondering why they get chased!
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That’s the problem with feeding wildlife Cynthia, the more they’re fed the more dangerous they become. They then expect handouts from every passer-by, and often times the people that get attacked are those do not want to feed the animal.
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I’m amazed that people crowded in around the snake – what bizarre behaviour.
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The instinct to flee from spitting cobras seems to have evolved out of some South Africans, MaameJ 🙂
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I SORT OF like it, but not all that much; people are so bloody STUPID !!! Sighh …
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Knowingly allowing your kids to approach to within a few feet of a deadly venom-spitting snake is beyond comprehension. That the crowd were all still unharmed after the snake was caught by a trained specialist says more about the cobra’s tolerance than the humans’ bravery…
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Agreed … It maketh me mad.
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The stupidity of so many people is a source of constant wonder and despair.
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Common sense is a virtue…
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Great elephant capture!
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Thanks Amy – right place at the right time 😉
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From what I’ve observed, many humans don’t really understand the “wild” part of wild animal, sometimes to their injury or demise. Love the photos.
janet
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You are absolutely correct Janet, and what really gets my blood boiling is when those animals are then killed for being “problematic”…
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Great entry! I especially like the elephant shot. Thanks for joining!
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You’re a fantastic challenge-host, Thirdeyemom! Thank you very much for popping by to check out our entry 😀
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Thank you! I’ve been busy now checking out all the entries. It is so cool to see what everyone comes up with! 🙂
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Mooi foto’s soos gewoonlik Lekker naweek
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Baie dankie Tina, en n mooi naweek vir jou ook (ons weervoorspellings lyk hemels!)
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We humans are so curious!
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Not only cats that suffer from that ailment Iris! Thanks for stopping by de Wets Wild!
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