“Too Brave”: Nick Evans Lavished with Praise After a Daunting Task, Catches Black Mamba
- South African animal lovers are once again feeling impressed with snake catcher Nick Evans’ latest mission in Durban
- Evans says he received a call to save a snake that was hiding in a waterfall in Chatsworth and says it was a difficult task but he succeeded
- Facebook users headed to his page and shared their reactions after reading his long story on the popular social media platform
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Nick Evans is a veteran snake catcher and this time he headed out to an informal settlement in Chatsworth around Durban. He says he was in the company of his friend, Duncan Slabbert to rescue a black mamba.
Looking at the images on his Facebook, one can attest that it’s one of the biggest serpents he has ever picked and says he also visited the same location back in January.
Evans explains they couldn’t find anything at first but they kept digging as the smell from the river made it a mission for them to focus. As he engaged the members of the community, they said the snake was there and it was feasting on rats who survived from the thrash.
Source: Facebook
One of the locals attested they used to throw stones at the serpent but stopped in case he angered the crawling creature. He said it was a daunting task but he managed to catch the snake as it was basking in the sun and Mzansi social media users are impressed with his work. He wrote on Facebook:
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“It was a worrying situation. Today, the mamba was out basking. I had a few commitments before I could go but soon made it there. I was hoping it was in a similar situation, but it wasn't. In fact, it was in the last place I wanted it to be along the river! I was hoping to stay well away from there! The news got worse for me. The only, or should I say, the best way, to approach it, would be from below. That meant climbing a waterfall! I like visiting and climbing around waterfalls, looking for frogs. Not when they're in this condition though."
The post reads:
Hermi Avenant said:
“Nick you could turn to writing if the snake business doesn’t work out! I always feel I’m there with you. Thank goodness for a good outcome. Fantastic work as always!”
Annalien Van Staden said:
“You are just too brave for my liking Nick Evans, but well done.”
Heather Cairns said:
“Great work! What a tragic scenario though - for ALL of God's creation - but not the well-fed mamba!!”
Ayesha said:
“This sounded so dangerous. Had goosebumps reading it. But so glad it was caught and everyone is now safe. Yoh it's long.”
Snake rescuer Nick Evans catches 4 beautiful but lethal vine snakes, details the intriguing experience
Checking out a previous report, Briefly News wrote that winter is far behind us and with the toastier days here to stay for the next few months, Durban's snakes are coming out to play.
Popular snake rescuer, Nick Evans, recently posted about a very interesting and tricky situation that led to him rescuing four vine snakes in the area of Wyebank.
In a lengthy Facebook post, he details how he caught the snakes and why this experience is so intriguing to him. In one part of the post, he says: "Four vine snakes! Incredible! We could not believe it. Although, we were now scanning for more, pushing our luck! No more was seen, though, sadly.
Source: Briefly News
