Snake capturers returned to the ‘scene of the crime’ for the umpteenth time in response to a green mamba call out at a Meerensee home on Friday morning.

The particular home seems extremely popular with this potentially deadly species, with regular SOS cries for help to get rid of the unwanted trespassers.

“The house is adjacent to a greenbelt, and with a bird bath and feeder on the property, the mambas are always on the lookout for a free meal,” said Tony Paulo, who arrived at the scene with his wife Lucille – his valuable ‘second pair of eyes’.

“When I got there it was basking on a branch and when it spied me it headed up to the top of the tree.

“This meant I had to race back home to get an extension for my grabbing tongs, which are not easy to use on top of a ladder.

“Eventually it came down and although it decided to coil itself around the barbed wire fence, I soon had it caught and bagged.”

Although highly venomous, the green mamba is fortunately docile and shy, avoids confrontation with humans when possible, and would rather escape – unlike its cousin, the black mamba, which is extremely aggressive.

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