Black mambas slither into Durban suburbs as mating season closes

Durban — A Durban snake rescuer and a veterinarian were called out to capture five black mambas over two days filled with action.With the end of a quiet mamba mating season (winter) drawing near and calls for them hard to come by, Friday and Saturday last week became two busy days for snake rescuer Nick Evans and veterinarian Dr Carla Goede.The first black mamba was located in Westville North where a dog alerted its owner to a snake at the bottom of the garden, on the ground among some shrubs, by his boundary fence. The description matched that of a mamba.Mamba #1, hoping we wouldn’t…