Nick Evans Christmas Came Early: Huge Black Mamba Snake Found Snuggled by a Christmas Tree

Nick Evans Christmas Came Early: Huge Black Mamba Snake Found Snuggled by a Christmas Tree

  • Nick Evans was pleased to have been called out to catch a black mamba which was living the Christmas spirit
  • Sharing his adventure, Nick explained how this is one of the funniest places he’s caught a mamba
  • While people were pleased the snake and people were ok, it is not something they want for Christmas

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The festive season brings out the snakes in Durban. KZN snake rescuer Nick Evans was pleased to get a call about a festive black mamba who had taken a liking to someone’s Christmas tree.

Nick Evans and his festive black mamba
Nick Evans caught a festive mamba and it made him and others chuckle. Image: Facebook / Nick Evans
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While black mambas are the fear of many, they are a treasure to Nick. Being called to get one just days before Christmas was an early present for the snake lover.

Nick took to his Facebook page with a picture of the mamba by the Christmas tree – a picture-perfect Christmas card moment.

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He explained that the mamba was outside until the gardener spooked it and found comfort in a brightly coloured Christmas tree.

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The whole situation tickled Nick, what a moment!

“It's one of the more amusing places I've found a mamba. I'm sure many of you reading this have thought of jokes about this scenario”

The people of Mzansi pray Santa doesn’t bring them one of these for Christmas

While it was a sweet situation and fitting for the season, a black mamba by the Christmas tree is not what anyone wants.

Take a look at some of the comments:

Faith Thornton said:

“Not what anyone wants in their Christmas tree. Wow ”

Linda Park said:

“Putting the hiss back into Christmas. Only Nick could get excited about unwrapping this gift”

Mike Wilton said:

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“Lovely specimen. Pity he never found a rat all wrapped up with a bow for him.”

Queen Crystal Mkhungo said:

“I'd probably tell you take the trees too.”

Ian McGuire said:

“That is a big Mamba beautiful color as well. Christmas in Africa can get a little sketchy with the wild life wanting to celebrate to.”

Nick Evans destroys ceiling to catch 2.3m, 1kg, black mamba: Damage doesn’t matter as long as snake is gone

In related news, Briefly News reported that KZN snake rescuer Nick Evans had a busy evening trying to get a massive black mamba out of the roof of someone’s house. The sizable snake had people admitting they wouldn’t care what damage had to take place as long as the snake was found, lol.

The summer season brings out all the creatures and critters. In KZN, snakes are on the prowl, making Nick’s job much more exciting this time of year.

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Nick took to his Facebook page to share the story of one of his most recent black mamba encounters. A massive “2.3m, 1kg male black mamba” was inside someone’s ceiling, and Nick had to get his demolition on to get it out.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.