Mozambique Spitting Cobra found in Moseley Park garage
Snake catcher Nick Evans also spotted a tiny Black Mamba on the same premises.
A BLACK Mamba and a Mozambique Spitting Cobra were found at a property in Moseley Park area.
Snake catcher Nick Evans said he and his friend responded to a call for a possible Black Mamba in a garage. When the duo got out of the car, they heard the birds going crazy in the trees behind the garage.
“I knew it had to be a snake. But I wondered, would it be the mamba that was in the garage? Perhaps it came out the roof? It was very possible,” said Evans.
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Evans scanned the trees as his friend searched the garage.
“I counted six species of birds before eventually spotting the snake. It was high up in a scrambling shrub, just outside the property, pretty much in Paradise Valley. Judging by the size, I thought it was a Spotted Bush Snake, but I couldn’t make out much else.
“Fortunately, my binoculars were in the car so I grabbed them. I looked up at the snake, and to my surprise, it was a Black Mamba – a tiny one! It couldn’t have been more than 80cm at most,” said Evans.
He said sightings of mambas of this size are rare.
“I tried catching it, but I stood no real chance, and it escaped. It would have been nice to get a measurement. I knew this wasn’t the snake I was called out for because I knew the homeowner wouldn’t describe this juvenile as a 1.5m to 2m-long snake as he initially had. I had recently been to this house for a mamba and found that one by listening out for birds.
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“We soon found the snake in the garage – a Mozambique Spitting Cobra, an absolutely massive one. I let my friend catch it as I despise being spat at and try to avoid it at all costs, to limit risks of developing allergic reactions to it,” he said.
The monstrous female measured out at 164cm in length.
“I’ve only seen two or three longer than that, the longest being 181cm. A memorable cobra and a memorable call,” said an impressed Evans.
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