Meaning: | snake (generic term) |
Language: | Gǀui |
Species: | Serpentes |
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Ethnobiological_notes: | when people encounter a snake in the bush they immediately try to kill it, whether it is poisonous or not; most of the snakes one usually encounters in the Central Kalahari are poisonous; in a camp people notice the presence of a snake when their attention arouses by urgent alarming chirps of a bird, e.g. the Kalahari robin; the meat of snakes is rarely eaten; a typical member of the ʼpaaxoʼ-category (bite-thing, harmful animals) |
References: | Nakagawa 2013: 21; Tanaka and Sugawara 2010: 113 |