Black Mamba

When choosing an exotic animal, my first thought was to choose something dangerous. After thinking, I remembered dendroaspis polyepsis. The black mamba is not only a beautiful creature, it is dangerous, exciting, and utterly fascinating. The black mamba, as a predator, is the unchallenged leader. The black mamba’s prey is almost solely warm-blooded animals, such as birds and small mammals, including dassies or rock hyraxes and rodents (Robert Burton). Mamba’s main enemies are …

…that makes their bites very difficult to treat with antivenin. Of all the snakes in Africa, it has been said that the Mamba is the most feared, and justifiably so. The only truly negative quality about mambas is human ignorance. The mamba is an aggressive creature and it is rightfully feared, as it is lethal. However, the mamba is not a natural predator to man and we should not be to it. (Chad H. Mummert)