Showing posts with label Mussel Cracker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mussel Cracker. Show all posts

Friday, October 23, 2009

THE HUNTER HUNTED

On my most recent trip to my favourite village in South Africa- Natures Valley, we did the walk to Salt River and came across a Mussel Cracker that had seen better days. 'The hunter hunted' we called it. After examining the poor guy for quite a while, we were still unable to decipher exactly what had happened to it. It looked as if it may have died of natural causes and had just disintegrated- that was my forensic opinion anyway! I found the skeleton fascinating, especially because the head was still in rather good condition. I took many photos’ from various angles and below are three of the best.