NATIONAL NEWS - As long as the sun is out, snake catcher Sarel van der Merwe is kept busy.
And some days are busier than others. As Sarel says, it not always an easy day at the office.
Last Thursday he was called out to Bhobhoyi where he caught a black mamba, measuring about two metres in length, under the roof sheets in a bedroom.
While busy there, he got a call from a distressed family about a black mamba hiding a bedroom in Murchison.
When Sarel arrived he found the mighty-sized mamba hiding behind a bed.
Snake catcher bags the biggest black mamba of his career
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Sarel van der Merwe with the 4.1m black mamba caught in Murchison last week.
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Posted on: 13:37 Thu, 01 March 2018
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