A KwaZulu-Natal conservationist has described the removal of a 2.2m black mamba from an Ndwedwe home's roof as 'most thrilling'.
Residents of a home in Ndwedwe, in rural KwaZulu-Natal, found themselves in a scaly situation when a 2.2m black mamba took up occupancy in their roof., was called to the scene to remove the snake and described the rescue as the"most thrilling" of the year so far.
"For a start it was… a very long drive," he told News24."Then we had to try and find it in the ceiling. And I had to stand on [a] not so stable ladder. Some of the steps were broken." At one point during the rescue he fell from the ladder, when the mamba's tail suddenly popped from the roof.Evans was called out to the area on April 18, on the eve of the Easter weekend.Evans says it took them nearly two hours to locate the snake in the roof of the rondavel, cutting holes in the plastic tarp that covered the roof as they went along.He says all of the residents of the property had helped out by keeping watch.Evans said he needed his help to shine a torchlight on the snake.
"There is a scale on their eyes and their eyes cloud over. Their vision is badly affected, so they're a bit more grumpy.""They love ceilings because it's warm and safe.""If you leave them alone, they'll leave you alone." The mamba was set free in a valley, not too far from the rescue site, where"it shouldn't bump into people again".But that wasn't the end of Evans' saga - after the rescue he was caught in a downpour and his windscreen wipers failed.
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