Durban cop calls on Nick to find a big black mamba in his roof
One evening, as a storm was brewing, a
policeman from Verulam called Nick Evans with a big problem. At his home at
Ndwedwe, north of Durban, a large black mamba was making his roof its home.
“This sounded like a fun adventure! But a tricky one at that. And I wanted to be home before a big storm hit!" recalls Nick.
Listen to what happened in episode 10 of Snake Rescue below.
Meanwhile, your 'mess' could be black mamba heaven. Why? Because snakes love 'mess'. Messy homes, messy storerooms, mess around the house – such as piles of wood or bricks.
Mess provides shelter for snakes and is also usually where you’ll find the food they love: lizards and rodents.
So, if snakes love messy areas, you can imagine how happy one would be in a scrapyard. Especially one that's surrounded by cane fields (meaning lots of rodents) and chickens breeding on the property!
All of that food and shelter proved too irresistible for this very big black mamba at Stanger. Nick Evans has the details in episode 9...
Nick's organisation, KwaZulu-Natal Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, is a chapter of The Lawrence Anthony Earth Organisation.
Contact Nick on 072 809 5806 for snake removals. Email him if you'd like to find out about his educational talks.