Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta digging or drilling

The unusual entity in action here is only a Stapelia hirsuta var. hirsuta flower. It appears to be digging its five lobe tips into the ground. Might even walk away from the leaves at any moment if one didn't know rooted plants can't do so!

This is, however, not the way of flowers. What is likely to happen here is that flies will appear, attracted by the flower’s carrion-rich odour. The dense covering of long hairs normally contributes to insect expectations by resembling the fur of a dead animal.

The carrion flies commonly operating here probably belong to the Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae families. Some beetles may also visit the flowers (White and Sloane, 1937; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).