Oluwafemi Ifesanmi

Just as I previously described a snake experience, years later I had a similar experience in the same house. This time around I saw the elongated body of the snake under the parked vehicle as it wrapped itself around a helpless frog. It was getting ready to consume its prey when I saw it. As quiet and quickly as I could, I went in to inform my siblings. Apologies to all forms of animal right activists, I live in a geographical environment where snakes are dreaded and almost always killed; so we came out to... well you know – finish the job. By this time, the frog wasn’t visible anymore, rather a snake with a protruded belly was seen. Noticing us, it picked up the pace but was sluggish at doing that. It retreated for a hole in the vehicle wheels rim, however due to its previously swallowed meal, the obtrusive part of its body couldn’t fit in the hole. Its last resort was to regurgitate its meal. The unbelievable happened as the snake vomited the frog whole in other to escape. It as we...

Some years before I had a little experience which left me pondering. I was in the compound of my house that day enjoying the cool breeze and ruminating. I suddenly noticed a strange looking creature approaching me. I fixed my gaze on it and saw the appearance of a soil brown creature which had an unusually long green tail hopping towards me. It drew nearer and at this point, I became petrified so I barked out at it. At the blaring of my voice it was revealed. I then realised it was an endangered frog running to me for salvation. It was being chased almost neck and neck by a green snake. At the sound of my voice, the desire of the frog came through as the snake lifted up its head, saw me and retreated. Although the frog didn’t come up to meet me but I could almost hear it say thank you; it was indeed a close call to death for the frog. On a norm, the frog wouldn’t want to be sighted by me let alone run to me for help; as a matter of fact, it must have initially spotted me but...