We’re accustomed to see traffic snaking its way down a busy road….not a snake gliding across it!
Today as I drove down the road between the “Film” circle and the Panjim bus stand, I found that a couple of cars ahead of me had stopped. Was it an accident?
As I peered ahead, a magnificent brown snake came into view as the showstopper. The poor terrified reptile was trying its best to zigzag its way across the road to the other side. Those of you familiar with this road will know it separates two water bodies.
Unfortunately a two-wheeler, oblivious to the commotion, tried to whizz past. At which point the poor snake half-lunged in self-defence, and scampered off back where it had emerged from.
And the traffic resumed, business as usual.
Perhaps the snake will attempt to cross again. Or perhaps it will deem it safer to stay where it is.
Who knows?
But those of us who were present, got to see this superb reptilian specimen (perhaps a rat snake, or dhiodd?). It is both a treat, and a tragedy (as it emphasises the extent of man-animal conflict) to behold these elusive, harmless creatures in an urban setting.
May the Snake God look after him.
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We too have seen snakes making this perilous trip on a couple of occasions. Once on the road past Apna Ghar above Merces, we came across a snake — a thin green one — that had got run over possibly moments before. Part of it was crushed, but it was still trying to writhe across the road. It died even as Anjali got off and went to put it into the bushes.