Toy Bodbijl, at 35 in 1990, releasing a gaboon adder while demonstrating the placid disposition of these gentle giants PHOTO: Leslie Walter. The experiment worked.

The Gaboon Adder's disproportionately large head perfectly resembles a dead leaf, complete with a dark dorsal stripe that mimics a leaf's mid vein.

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Taken over a number of years, the collection includes a chameleon sticking its tongue out, a lion licking its paw and an incredibly well-camouflaged Gaboon Adder hidden among leaves.