Mongoose, Black Mamba and Hadeda: Nick Evans' Latest Rescue Has Mzansi on the Edge of Their Seats
- KZN snake rescuer, Nick Evans, was called by a friend to catch a black mamba in his Westville garden
- The visit turned out to be a quarrel between a feisty mongoose and black mamba, although the snake barely reacted
- A loud hadeda can also be heard in the clip as Evans safely removed the venomous reptile from the Kei Apple shrub
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KZN snake rescuer, Nick Evans’ black mamba drought ended on Friday when his friend Warren Friedman called him for a catch in his Westville garden that turned out to be quite the marvel as the venomous beast had an aggressive encounter with a mongoose.
Nick shared for research purposes that Warren didn't want it removed. Although his wife, Shirley, would disagree with his choice.
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“Shirley and Warren were exceptionally lucky to witness an amazing interaction on Friday. They hadn't seen the mamba first, they'd seen their slender mongoose, behaving strangely by the Kei Apple shrub,” Nick said.
It wasn’t long before the mamba was spotted at the top of the shrub. They then witnessed the mongoose climb up and have a real go at the mamba.
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In a clip shared online, the mongoose, which had a baby with it, can be seen in strike range for some time, however, the snake does not counter-attack. A hadeda can also be heard going off as a loud spectator.
“We occasionally find black mambas with the ends of their tail bitten off. Perhaps mongoose have been biting them off! After collecting data off the mamba for our ongoing research, it will be released,” Evans shared.
Check out the action-packed video below:
South African online users responded to the post on Facebook:
Sihle Zimema replied:
“I am never buying property in Westville. That's mamba paradise.”
Alice Zejglic wrote:
“One disappointed mongoose and something to see wow.”
Thelma Rusteberg reacted:
“Mambas still scare me the one I faced still haunts me.”
Michele Isaac said:
“The flippen hadeda creating sound effects for the video.”
Pearl Foord commented:
“Mongeese love any snake - from our experience they don't eat them just kill them by breaking their back.”
Nick Evans catches deadly vine snake which stopped by to "help" with the laundry at a Durban home
Meanwhile, Briefly News previously reported that brave snake rescuer Nick Evans was called to remove a big vine snake from a home in Westville, Durban recently.
According to Evans, the homeowner was in her kitchen when the long, thin snake came slithering past her, perching on her laundry basket before going into the passageway, where he caught it.
“I don't get many inside homes, but it's hot outside, so it's probably looking for a cool retreat,” he said on his Facebook page.
According to Kruger Park, the vine snake is also known as the twig snake for its resemblance to small branches on trees, and in some places called the bird snake for its habit of preying on small birds.
Source: Briefly News
