Three family dogs — two Yorkshire terriers and a Jack Russell terrier mix — were killed recently in Ashburton, KZN, by a black mamba, triggering a tense rescue during peak-hour traffic and a race ...

Black Mamba: 14 feet long, the second-longest venomous snake after the king cobra. It can grow up to 14-15 feet. Boa Constrictor: 13 feet long, it is a large snake. It can grow up to 13 feet and in ...

On Monday this week, Herald journalist Shona Aylward joined Sarel on an expedition to catch a two metre python locked in a bedroom at Sharon Norton’s home in Port Edward. Sharon had phoned Sarel the ...

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A black mamba was spotted near Wild Coast Sun in the Eastern Cape. The snake was almost two metres long and camouflaged ...