Rat in kitchen attracts huge black mamba

When Nick Evans was called about a big snake in a kitchen cupboard at a home in Chatsworth, south of Durban, he thought it may be a big Brown House Snake, probably looking for rats.
The caller then sent Nick a photo, and straight away, he could see it was no House Snake. It was a very large black mamba!
“I think a lot of people would have died of fright!” reckons Nick.
What was worse was that he learned that this black mamba had in fact been hiding out in the kitchen for a few days. Imagine that!
“This was a great example proving to people that black mambas do not want to bite people. This mamba had ample opportunities to bite family members here, but it didn't,” says Nick.
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