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Snake Season is back with more action, excitement, and venomous snakes.
The second season, which airs on the People sWeather channel on DStv, sees some tense moments and challenging rescues.
One of the highlights include two double black mamba captures.
Following the success of the adrenaline-filled
Snake Season on People sWeather last year, KwaZulu-Natal snake expert Nick Evans and his and brave cameraman Tyrone Marcus return for a second series, starting on PPL°WX - People sWeather (
DStv 180 and Openview 115) on Monday,
17 May at
18:00.
The new 8-part second season revs up the excitement as Nick outwits some of the country’s most venomous and deadly snakes, with added action as Tyrone enters the fray bringing his behind-the-scenes footage of the rescues to life.
Discus thrower Quincy Wilson testifies at trial v NAAA : I felt abandoned
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Wilson described feeling abandoned by the NAAA after being injured at the 2019 National Open Senior Championships during his testimony, at the opening of his trial against the NAAA, on Tuesday. - ALLAN V CRANE
NATIONAL discus-thrower Quincy Wilson said he felt “abandoned” by the administrators of the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAATT) after he was injured at one of its competitions in 2019.
On July 28, Wilson competed in the National Open Senior Championships’ men’s discus throw, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain. He won with a throw of 52.82 metres, which he achieved on his first throw, but slipped on the discus circle and fell on his fifth throw.
Python vs goat: Durban snake catcher rescues 4m python from local farm
By Se-Anne Rall
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DURBAN – Durban snake catcher, Nick Evans, had his hands full this week when he was called out to retrieve a massive python that had taken on a goat.
Evans said he made his way to Camperdown after workers complained of hearing a goat bleating in the field.
“As they got closer to the goat, they saw a large python had wrapped itself around the goat and was constricting it,” he said.
Evans said the workers were hoping to kill the snake and eat it later but then they called the farm owner who then called him.
Photo of black mamba: Glen Carrie @glencarrie
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NATIONAL NEWS - Snake catcher Nick Evans caught a black mamba attempting to swallow a black cat in the Carrington Heights area in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
“The caller was very calm. I asked for a photo which he agreed to send. Well, I could not believe my eyes when the photo came through! It was a Black Mamba, eating a kitten,” said Evans.
Black Mambas are known to feed on kittens, and with Durban’s large population, the mambas never go hungry, added Evans.