A zoo has been partially shut down after a king cobra staged an impressive escape from its enclosure at the weekend.
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As summer approaches and temperatures rise, snakes become more active – and SANParks has issued a warning to be vigilant.
In this latest animal sighting, a Verreaux’s eagle-owl tangles with a snake at Nkorho Bush Lodge in the Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve.
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The man had apparently just rescued the cobra when he attempted to kiss the serpent – you can watch that bone-chilling clip here
A hotel guest was bitten by a snake in the Drakensberg on Sunday. No anti-venom is available and symptoms could last for weeks.
This snake was looking for an easy meal. It caught a baby monitor lizard, but the lizard put up one hell of a fight.
A Black Mamba sparked huge panic inside a KZN family home this week, when it crawled out of a TV stand in the living room.
In this animal sighting, a brown house snake kills and swallows a bird three times its size by constricting it and then gulping it down.
KZN snake rescuer Nick Evans’ rare find, a two-headed serpent, has been relocated to the Dangerous Creatures Exhibit at uShaka Marine World.
What are the chances of one spotting a two-headed snake? Well a rare one was recently rescued in Ndwedwe, KZN.
A brave man named Neville tackled a Cape Cobra that decided to nestle itself behind a car’s radiator. Take a look…
A good Samaritan was kind enough to assist the group of friends in saving The Southern African Python in Umhlali.
A long snake can be seen slithering through an overhead light fixture during a flight in a video shared by a passenger.
Ginimbi’s ex-wife Zodwa Mkandla says the late Zimbabwean millionaire worked hard for his money and never used snakes or any witchcraft.
‘The snake is now the proud owner of a Land Rover,’ commented one person after watching a man run for his life as a snake approached the car.
A slithery friend interrupted a Pietermaritzburg father’s home workout…but, luckily for him, snake catcher Dean Boswell came to the rescue.
‘Snake Season’ star Nick Evans rescued a Durban family after they spotted a 2.5m black mamba slithering through their home.
‘Hope they at least got a decent shot’: Things took a turn for R&B singer Maeta on her music video set after she was bitten by a snake.
A Western Cape family had an unwelcomed (deadly) guest hanging around in their Christmas tree last Friday.
Durban’s famous snake catcher Nick Evans managed to capture four black mambas who scared the living daylights out of local residents!
A fed-up landlord bared his fangs by resorting to using a snake to make life uncomfortable for tenants who had not paid their rent..
Snakes in South Africa become more active between October and April as the weather becomes warmer. Most of the country’s snakes are harmless, however, the public is urged to watch their step.
A farm worker has been dubbed ‘a man of steel’ after he released an African rock python into the wild in the North West province.