‘He made us work hard’ — Snake rescuer details how he caught a black mamba in a roof 25 May 2021 - 10:51 Snake rescuer Nick Evans recently caught a black mamba hiding in the roof of a home in Durban. Image: Facebook/ Nick Evans Snake rescuer Nick Evans has shared his latest catch of a black mamba that had curled up in a roof of a home in Westville, Durban. In his latest podcast, aired on East Coast Radio, Evans said the area has a lot of black mambas due to an abundance of dassies which the snakes eat. “This property is near a nature reserve. There are quite a few mambas there and there are dassies in the area. Mambas love young dassies, so there is food, and a roof makes for a nice shelter,” he said on his way to the property.