Venomous Snake Found Trying To Swallow Feral Kitten In Home Backyard

A family had the shock of their life when they found a deadly snake trying to eat a feral kitten in their home backyard in Carrington Heights in South Africa.

The details about the incident were posted on Facebook by snake catcher Nick Evans, who was informed about the reptile by the house owner.

“The caller was very calm. I asked for a photo which he agreed to send. Well, I could not believe my eyes when the photo came through! It was a Black Mamba, eating a kitten!” Evan said in a Facebook post, adding these snakes are known to feed on kittens.

“Durban's large feral cat population, while having a negative effect on the environment, is keeping mambas well fed. I think I was so shocked in this scenario, because of how calm the caller was,” he wrote.

Evans, who was shooting for his snake show, arrived at the house with his cameraman, and saw the reptile had pulled the kitten into a corner and was trying to swallow it, news outlet IOL reported.

“It wasn't a large mamba, maybe around 2.1m long, and so it was struggling to eat this kitten! It got its jaws over the head, but it was struggling with the front legs. It was hectic to see... We watched and filmed from a doorway, peeping out, being very careful not to disturb the mamba. We wanted to let it finish its meal. The kitten was well dead anyway," he said.

“After about an hour, the mamba had made no progress. It was just dragging it around this corner, trying to work it's jaws further along the body,” he added.

Evans said while this was happening another kitten suddenly jumped over the feeding mamba.

“I think with that, and perhaps we moved in shock, but the snake started spitting out what it had swallowed. All that effort for nothing. I moved in. I approached the mamba, and reached in to grab it, now that it did not have a mouthful of kitten,” Evans explained.

“Suddenly, I realized the other kitten was hidden right next to it! And I mean right next to it! The mambas body was almost against it. I started pulling the mambas head-end out, desperately trying to keep it from biting the kitten. If the kitten moved in front of the mamba, it would have struck out, because it was in a world of panic itself,” he said.

Evans said he was not sure if the other kitten was bitten by the mamba.

“I pinned down the mamba, got it in a bucket, and went looking for the young kitten. Had it been bitten? I wasn't sure. I scooped it up, from around the back of the house. It was so flipping adorable Thankfully, it was absolutely fine. What a lucky kitten,” he said.