Sarel saves the day by rescuing black mamba in Gamalakhe [Click to see pics]
January is the coast's snake catcher's busiest month.
Snakes love hot Summer days… like today (Friday, January 29)
The month of January is the busiest month for South Coast’s local snake catcher, Sarel van der Merwe, and sure enough, he has been busy as a bee.
A family from Gamalakhe saw the black mamba entering their home through the front door, and gave Sarel a speedy call.
Once at the house, Sarel said he could ‘smell the mamba’ in the house.
He searched the sitting room, bedrooms and then went back to the sitting room where he found the serpent hiding behind a pile of planks.
“It was very long but skinny. It probably hadn’t eaten in some time. The biggest concern was that the black mamba was where there was lots of children running around…” Sarel added.
The family and the community were overjoyed when he emerged from the house holding one of the world’s most deadliest snakes.
“I left leaving a happy family behind,” he added.
Sarel reminded those worried about harbouring snakes to keep their houses clean and rid of rats.
DID YOU KNOW?
According to www.livescience.com the black mamba ranks number six as the world’s most deadliest snake.
- Saw-scaled viper. …
- King cobra. …
- Tiger snake. …
- Inland taipan. …
- Faint-banded sea snake. …
- Black mamba.
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