Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) entering a Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) burrow, hunting, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, October.

Tony Phelps / Two male Cape cobras (Naja nivea) competing for basking space De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, September.

Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) entering a hole in a wall, seen from inside, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, October.

Francois Savigny / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) raiding Sociable weaver's nest (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Francois Savigny / Cape cobra raiding Sociable weaver's nest {Naja nivea} Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Jen Guyton / Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) mobbing a Cape cobra (Naja nivea) that had come too close to their burrow in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hunting amongst nests of Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea)hunting amongst nests of Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) in the nest of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) noisily mob a bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) that is raiding their nest in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) mobbing a Cape cobra (Naja nivea) in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa

Jen Guyton / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) at dusk in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.