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Nick Evans with the green mamba.
PHOTO: Facebook / Nick Evans – Snake Rescuer
- KwaZulu-Natal snake rescuer Nick Evans shaved close with a green mamba he caught at a wendy’s house.
- Suddenly, the snake panicked and ran towards him.
- But it allowed Evans to make a “quick and easy” catch.
Nick Evans, a snake savior from KwaZulu-Natal, shaved close to a green mamba he caught in a residential home south of Durban.
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But he managed to grab the slippery client when he panicked and approached him.
“One of the residents noticed it on the deck of the Wendy [house] and, if I’m not mistaken, I thought it was a hose, “Evans said.
This green mamba was initially mistaken for a garden hose.
PHOTO SUPPLIED: Facebook / Nick Evans – Snake Rescuer
He took a step back, and the snake was seen slipping through the door before entering the wendy.
“I opened the door to the wendy house, which was being used as a warehouse, and it was absolutely full! My heart sank. I saw myself searching for a while.
“Green mambas are arboreal. They love to climb. So I scanned the top shelves of the Wendy and, to my left, caught a glimpse of the body on a top shelf, a quick and easy find.
“I approached him and when he felt me, he tried to hide, moving against the wall, behind some random objects.
“But then he panicked and thought he needed to move. He came straight at me, allowing me to grab him with relative ease.”
Evans described it as “a quick and easy search and a quick and easy catch.” The mamba was quite young and about 1.2 m long. Evans released it later on Saturday.
Disappointing start
But, Evans said, his weekend started on a more disappointing note.
“A large organization woke me up with a phone call shortly after 6:00. There was a spotted bush snake that needed to be removed in its only facility, to help calm staff nerves,” Evans said.
“Well, I arrived, and the snake had been beaten to death. It was pregnant, full of eggs. I left, feeling extremely depressed.
“The real kick in the teeth was that I have done a lot of talks there, for the staff, in order to avoid this. Then seeing this made me think it was all a waste of time. No apologies, no explanations, no offers to cover my gas expenses, nothing. “
As for the green mamba, Evans said it was a “rare pleasure” to handle the snake.
“I only get a handful a year, because they are restricted to coastal forests and generally stay in the trees.”
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