A puff adder was seen snoozing against the south wall of HOORC’s main brick building. Its presence prompted a run on the library’s field guides.

The libary has one in the main collection, Branch's Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa, and several more in the Peter Smith Collection:

• Isermonger’s Snakes of Africa,

• Johan Marais’ Snake versus Man,

• John Visser’s Snakes and Snakebite,

• Fitzsimons' Snakes of Southern Africa, and

• Broadley's 1975 Snakes of Rhodesia.

Source: http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/