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liewelulu

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:49 pm

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Thank you kamadejo for uploading pics, had someone indicating the snake to be a black mamba, can anyone else confirm.........thought I could keep it as a pet (not anymore!!!!!)

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pantera leo

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:58 pm

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Not a good idea to keep as a PET!!! I tend to agree with B5S, Black Mamba!

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liewelulu

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:06 pm

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Thanks, we just moved here from johannesburg and we will be moving back.............

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:10 pm

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Black Mamba or not... is not a good idea to keep as a pet...
a snake who come from nature has to return to nature :wink:

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madparks

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:50 pm

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Location: Natal Midlands

Hi liewelulu. I have to agree it does look like a black mamba, however i didnt know we had black mamba in the natal midlands? Can someone just confirm if we do get bm in the natal midlands????

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Imberbe

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:01 pm

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It does not only look like a black mamba ... it is a black mamba. The head and mouth is a give away, more so than the body colour.

What you have there is DEADLY! Even though it still may be small it can kill you. Get it to a snake park as soon as possible and be very careful!

BM do occur in the midlands.

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Bennievis

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:20 pm

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I will not go near it with a pole - let alone handle it with braai tongs..
Be extremely careful!

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Raptor142

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:13 pm

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Gotta agree with the previous posters - definitely Black Mamba (with or without a distribution map).

...and gotta agree with anne-marie - a snake from nature belongs in nature (with or without highly toxic venom).

Many people would just panel beat the poor thing with a garden spade, but I hope that you will find a way to re-introduce it to nature some way from your (and other people's) gardens. Nonetheless - you are in a beautiful area where you obviously have some wild areas around and now you have been warned .... expect to see more, so be careful with pets and children ...... and it's not worth moving away!

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Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:14 am

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liewelulu

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:42 pm

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Thanks to all for the information, we have introduced it back to nature (stay on a conservancy)and hope nature will show the BM another route than back here.........."it just seem so friendly at first".......LOL!!!!!!!

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:58 pm

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Such a beautiful snake! :thumbs_up:

I was wondering if it is possible to make a young snake like that tame such as a tame lion/ cheetah so that it doesn't bite!...imagine walking around your neck with a tame 2.5 m black-mamba! :twisted:

(Real men wear black-mambas around their necks and not pythons...that is for sissy's!) :twisted:

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:18 pm

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liewelulu, :thumbs_up:

glad you released it!, Snakes aren't that bad but a black mamba :shock:

I would have likely died of shock when i noticed the inside of the mouth :lol:

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Imberbe

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:20 pm

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With a python you can still fight back ... :twisted:

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Pjw

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:23 pm

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Scary stuff :big_eyes:

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Found snake in garden hut, need help identifying?

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:26 pm

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Exactly imberbe! :thumbs_up:

and i you happen to get bitten you would just have a mean bite and not have to start :pray:

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