A 1.4 meter Mozambique Spitting Cobra was captured outside a house on Sunlark Drive in Dawncrest – Verulam today.
On Friday last week the snake was spotted by a taxi loaded with school children outside the home. The driver managed to capture a video of the snake entering the property. Members of Reaction Unit South Africa were called out to the scene and attempted to search for the snake without success.
Today RUSA once again received a call reporting the snake on the property. Upon arrival Reaction Officers spotted the snake and identified it as the highly venomous Mozambique Spitting Cobra. The snake managed to enter a hole on a steep embankment.
Snake catcher Jason Arnold from Universal Reptiles was contacted to safely remove the snake from the property. Upon arrival Jason and a Reaction Officer dug up a small portion of the embankment and captured the snake.
The Cobra was removed from the property and will be relocated to its natural environment away from people and homes.
