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by RepFan on June 29, 2007
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Joe and Martin,
Great article! Thanks you guys for sharing your experiences with this magnificent species. I especially liked how you both joined forces to give us both views/habits of this species both in a captive setting and in it's natural environment. The article was very thorough and answered any question I have every had about the black mamba. Again congrats on a job well done.
~ Todd
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by coivis1 on July 4, 2007
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I've only caught one mamba in the wild (1.8m), but worked with a couple of wild caught ones a couple of times.
Because the head it quite elongated and the fangs sits right infront in the mouth, it can be headed much more safely than vipers. Use pilstroms (I know people claim pilstroms hurt the snake, so if you have a better pair of tongs, so mush better, but a very wel known mamba handler in south africa told me that some tongs are useless cause mamba's can pull their heads out. so be warned) to catch the mamba about 30cm behind the head. Immediately the mamba will try and reverse out of the pilstroms. allow it to reverse slowly by only applying gentle pressure with the tongs. As soon as the head reaches the "jaws" of the pilstroms, clamp down a bit harder on the pilstroms. The head it.
Believe me, I will rather head a mamba than a puffadder.
I do however totally agree. If you put any bag with a dark pipe infront of a mamba, they will go into it. Works like a charm.
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by vanerka on July 7, 2007
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I thought it was an awsome article especially since black mambas are among my favorite snake species...
Thanks, Eric
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by africanluke on July 10, 2007
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Hi,
My name's Luke, and I'm a missionary in Botswana. I Love snakes. During my first year there i came to be about 6 feet from a larger mamba. Fortunately it was in a hole and didn't feel cornered. It just slowly retracted itself back into it's hole. This was in the evening.
A month after that, i bumped into a snake handler who expressed to me how lucky i was to see that snake. I didn't feel lucky at the time, but when i think back, it's pretty cool that i saw a wild black mamba!
Thanks for your article, it was interesting. I enjoyed it.
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by herper on September 1, 2007
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Well done. You may consider to include South Africa as one of the Range Countries in the First chapter.
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by Askari on September 20, 2007
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Great article about a great snake. I have huge respect for this beast and have encountered a few large specimens in the bush of South Africa. Last week I accidentally hit one on the road. I turned around to see the damage but there was no hope. I had to put it out of its misery but the sharp end was still very active!
I have one bit of criticism of the article and it is this: The Black Mamba's reputation is certainly NOT over inflated!
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