Snake wrangler Sarel rescues two of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes
Both of the highly venomous mambas measured more than two metres in length.
When everyone is bolting from a snake, fearless snake catcher Sarel van der Merwe is usually charging straight towards it!
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Recently Sarel has been kept busy with an adrenaline adventure (or three) almost every week.
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Yesterday, he was called to Bhoboyi to catch a black mamba.
The mamba had fled from a room into a neighbouring unit. The person who lives in this unit was not home but the community decided that a broken lock is better than having a black mamba in a bedroom.
“It was quite aggressive but overall it was a quick catch,” said Sarel, adding that the snake was more than two metres long.
According to the website, www.tripsavvy.com – black mambas are the fastest of all indigenous African snakes, and often strike more than once. Their venom is composed of neurotoxins and cardiotoxins, and can cause a human to collapse after just 45 minutes. Without anti-venom treatment, it is almost 100 percent certain that the victim will die, usually within seven to 15 hours.
Last Friday, he was called to a home in Southport where he bagged a large green mamba which he found in a tree, overhanging the roof of the house.
Sarel had to climb onto the rickety roof to catch the beautiful specimen, which measured just more than two metres in length. Green mambas are also highly venomous.
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