'I still have absolutely no idea how I didn't see it,' said rescuer Nick Evans. 'Sneaky thing.'
They can be found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and can grow up to 14 feet long. The snakes themselves are usually gray or brown in color—the"black" in their name refers to the dark color of the insides of their mouths.
Despite their aggressive reputation, black mambas are actually very shy animals."This mamba had an easy opportunity to bite me multiple times before I'd have even known it was there," Evans said."Did it? No. "I see so many situations where people could have easily been bitten, but the mambas choose not to. It's usually when they are being killed or captured that bites occur."
When threatened, the mamba can become highly aggressive and is known to strike repeatedly, injecting large amounts of venom with each strike. As humans continue to encroach on the snakes' habitat, we are likely to see more human-snake interactions and possible fatalities.."Snakes do not want to hurt anyone. Yes, they bite people, but generally, it's out of self-defense, whether we mean to give them a reason to defend themselves or not.
After grabbing the snake with his bare hands, Evans checked himself for bite marks."I've heard of people, usually handlers, getting bitten by these snakes and not feeling it," Evans said."But I was fine. Just very shaken up."
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