*Let me set the scene to this story...wildlife in Oman is at a bare minimum; while driving through the country you could either see a feral donkey or a roaming camel, maybe a spider in the mountains or a few wasps flying around food. That's about all. Oh yes, I have seen some grasshoppers and there are flies and mosquito's. Okay, that is all.
When I got home from work the other day, Luke told me that he saw a snake in our garden and that I must just be careful because you never know if it is poisonous or not. Then while I was watering the garden on the weekend, and I saw the snake! It clearly didn't like being sprayed with water and it slithered (really quickly) along the side of the wall and hid under a pile of rocks. The next day, I saw it chilling in the garden staring at me. I got my camera and put on the biggest lens I have and decided to take some photos of our garden snake - staying as far away from it as possible.
Luke was at work so I waited for him to get home so we could devise a plan on removing the snake from our garden. After searching the Internet for info on snakes in Oman, we found nothing, Luke then came up with a bright idea... "Let's email the Australian Zoo and ask them!". So he did.
The next day I went to work and Luke phoned telling me that the Australian zoo had replied and he was going to catch the snake that evening and I must film the whole thing - "We'll get some great footage!". I left work a bit early to get home before the sun sets and we prepared for the great catch. Luke and I have actually grown quite fond of the snake and we don't want to hurt it. So with pillow in hand, a broom and me with the camera ready to film.....looking.....searching.....looking...."This snake is really camouflaged, we need to look very closely" said Luke....looking.....searching through the entire pile of rocks.....looking.....and there was no snake to be found! After such an anti-climax, we went inside and decided to wait til tomorrow.
To be continued.....
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