The black mamba is widely considered the world’s deadliest snake
Here’s a blow by blow account of how local snake man, Jason Arnold captured a 2.35 meter black mamba that had coiled itself under a Prestondale family’s Wendy house yesterday.
12 noon: Wednesday, 7 May: Arnold gets the call from the Mallon family that the mamba had been spotted by their neighbour.
12.30: Arnold arrives at the Mallon home in Fern Road, Prestondale. Several neighbours have come out to watch the capture
12.40: Arnold spots the mamba, using a torch at the far end of the Wendy.
12.42: He prods with the swimming pool leave cleaner. Mamba does not budge.
12.48: Arnold gets a spade and digs up sand around the Wendy house in an effort to dislodge the snake. One of the children remark: “This is more interesting than watching rugby.”
1.00: He sees movement and shouts for the family, neighbours and children to “move back”.
1.05: Everybody scatters and we hear a child scream. But Arnold has the snake firmly in his grip with its pitch black mouth exposed.
1.10: Neighbours, Northglen News and the Mallon family move in to take pictures of and with one of the world’s deadliest snakes.
1.15: Arnold again advises everybody to move back so that he can bag the mamba.
1.30: Mallon family at ease.
