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This page is dedicated to my love of photographing and even rescuing the small misunderstood creatures that God has made, hopefully to inspiring you to go out into nature and look for the small things to enjoy.

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02/09/2026

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I recieved a call from a young man in the Seaview area of Durban yesterday afternoon at around 5pm.He explained going in...
25/08/2026

I recieved a call from a young man in the Seaview area of Durban yesterday afternoon at around 5pm.

He explained going into his parents room and seeing a snake on the bed then leaving the room and closing the door. The description of the snake was: "its long and green with black markings", I asked, "is it thin?", "Yes was the reply."
To me that fits the description of a harmless Spotted Bush Snake.

I told the young man that it's a harmless snake, too which I was met with total disbelief, "No, its not harmless, it bit my mother two days ago and she has just come home now."

I thought, ok who am I to argue with a medical Dr, perhaps I could be wrong, let me go see if I can find the culprit.

I arrived to find the room almost completely stripped, only a mattress was left in the room, a few pairs of shoes and a built-in cupboard.

A quick search of the mattress and shoes revealed nothing. Then onto the cupboard, found nothing inside, so then it had to be underneath. There was one small gap in the corner between the wall and the built-in cupboard, knowing Bush Snakes as I do, I knew it had to be in there.

I went and got my Android endoscope out the car, a nifty little wired camera that works with a smart phone, allowing one to inspect tight spaces. I stuck the camera in the little hole that could barely fit the tip of my finger. And sure enough I saw the snake and it was a harmless Spotted Bush Snake. But naturally the family still wanted the snake gone, so I had to break out the bottom of the cupboard to get it out.

A completely harmless Spotted Bush Snake that I get bit by a few times a week. This had led to the lady spending two days in hospital.

I must say that the people's first response of getting to a hospital was commendable and the right thing to do, but the second thing they should of done (or even the Dr's at the hospital) was phone a snake expert to correctly identify the snake.

Going by how the snake was originally described to me it would sound like a Boomslang and this is probably why the patient was kept in hospital for two days to make sure no symptoms occurred. Even without seeing the snake but knowing the area and circumstances it was in, I knew it was not going to be a Boomslang.

Warren: 0722110353

On Friday afternoon I was called to rescue a snake that had gotten itself into a workshop in the Shallcross area of Durb...
17/08/2026

On Friday afternoon I was called to rescue a snake that had gotten itself into a workshop in the Shallcross area of Durban, by the description on the phone I thought it could well be something dangerous like a Mozambique Spitting Cobra or Black Mamba.

When I arrived I was shown where the snake was hiding, the home owner was keeping a good watch on the snake. From a distance and looking at it front on, I thought it was a juvenile Black Mamba, however on closer inspection it was a Short-snouted Grass Snake.

Man these little snakes are fast, it lead me quite the song and dance before I managed to finally catch it.
Only the 5th one I have ever caught in my 14 year career.

I kept it for a short photo session this morning, before releasing it back into the veld. It blends in so well to its natural grassy environment, not so much in suburbia.

Facts:
Short-snouted Grass Snake,
Length: Average about 60cm in length, but can get to just over a meter.
Food: lizards, other snakes and small rodents
Venom: mildly venomous but of no danger to humans nor pets.

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Last Tuesday I received a short video then a phone call from a young man in Carrington Heights, Durban. In the video I c...
29/07/2026

Last Tuesday I received a short video then a phone call from a young man in Carrington Heights, Durban. In the video I could clearly identify a large Mozambique Spitting Cobra, I could also see that it may not be a very easy catch. It was basking on a small retaining wall and on that wall was a shipping container, the container has been converted into a cosy granny flat.

I told the gentleman that I will get on my way to him, however he called back as I had gotten into my car, he said the snake had picked up on his presence and gotten spooked and gone back under the shipping container, he said it will be impossible to get to it, so not to worry, he will phone should he see it again.

Just after 12pm on Monday afternoon I sent the young man (Sabelo) a WhatsApp asking if the snake had been seen again, he said no. He called me back at 2pm saying he has just seen the snake in the same place, please can I come over and have a look.

When I arrived the snake was MIA, we waited a bit to see if it would come out on its own, but nothing happened. I could shine my torch under the Shipping container, but could not see any sign of the snake, there was a small amount of old ceiling board that had been shoved under there, the thought was the snake might be hiding just under that. So I removed 2 ash blocks and moved around the ceiling boards, NOTHING came out.
I continued to shine my torch around under the container, with my head well underneath, I was shining in any gap, Crack, hole I could find. Then I inspected the 2 brick high ash block wall I was hanging over, found it I exclaimed, the snake was literally right under my nose where I had been the whole time.

There was one catch, there was a concrete lintel on top of the blocks and it could not be moved or broken easily and there was not enough space to stick tongs or anything really in that space, so I decided to try using some water from a hose to get it out.
This worked quite well, within a few minutes the snake stuck its head out and I could grab it about 20cm from its head with my tongs, I then used my second tong to grab closer to the back of the head, once I had it firm, I let go with my first tong, freeing up a hand to neck the snake. However the large powerful cobra had too much leverage on me and was pulling out of the tong to the point that the snake may get hurt, I had to let go. The snake reversed back into the gap in the wall.

No amount of water was getting it out this time. The lintel had to be moved, fortunately Sabelo managed to slide it out just far enough so that I could get my tongs into the hollow block, game over for the Snake.

Seemed as if the snake had been living in the garden for quite some time before being noticed, because Sabelo has two dogs and for a while, every now and then, they would have eye trouble, suddenly he would see his dogs have red swollen eyes and wondered why.

Happy residences, happy doggies.

You may notice me wearing my Gopro, unfortunately there won't be any exciting video. I pushed record as I was going to wrangle the snake, but for some reason the camera malfunctioned and never recorded.

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These are NOT AI generated images, these are taken by me at the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve in Durban.The subjects ...
20/07/2026

These are NOT AI generated images, these are taken by me at the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve in Durban.
The subjects are beautiful Spiny-flower Mantis nymphs created by God.

Happy world snake day, I love working with these beautiful misunderstood creatures and sharing my knowledge and passion ...
16/07/2026

Happy world snake day, I love working with these beautiful misunderstood creatures and sharing my knowledge and passion for them on a daily basis with people.

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I was called about a possible Black Mamba at a property in Mariannhill Durban yesterday.The caller sent me a picture whi...
15/07/2026

I was called about a possible Black Mamba at a property in Mariannhill Durban yesterday.

The caller sent me a picture while I was on my way, I could 100% confirm in was a Black Mamba and it looked quite big.

When I arrived, I was lead down to a dilapidated garden shed next too the house, it was full of stuff and apparently the snake had gotten tired of sunbathing outside the shed and had moved inside.

A young man had been watching the snake from a safe distance since calling me, he said the snake had moved up the wire and onto the shelf that ran above the door way. However I did not quite get the memo on where the snake was last seen, I thought it was last seen on the far side of the shelf, so that is where I concentrated on getting to.

Little did I realise that the snake was actually last seen in the stuff above the entrance gate. So if the Black Mamba was an "aggressive" snake, it should of "attacked" me while I was standing under it.

When I finally realised I was looking in the wrong place and looked in the right place, I immediately saw the snake looking at me with mouth gaping, telling me nicely to back off.

Unfortunately for the safety of the residences and children, it had to be relocated. While it was a large snake, it was a small Black Mamba, just under 2 meters long.

Please check out the video of the catch on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/dyJwqYuo2vU?feature=shared

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13/07/2026

I had some excitement last Monday afternoon when I was called about a large lizard inside a wearhouse in the Prospection area of Durban.

I arrived to find a Nile Monitor (at TOPS species, Threatened Or Protected Species) lizard had climbed a wall in the wearhouse in a failed attempt to get outside, and now was sitting in a very precarious position for me to get hold of it.

As I was climbing the ladder, I was having visions of it jumping on my head and running down my body to escape. But fortunately it stayed put, it never really had anywhere to go.

Armed with my trusty welding gloves, I grabbed hold of the lizard near the base of its tail, of course it never liked that and tried its level best to get free by holding onto the mental grid next to it. Once it let go of the grid it flipped around and latched its powerful jaws onto my arm, fortunately the gloves stopped teeth penetrating me.

Between teeth and claws, it gave me quite the struggle to get into the box.

Thank you to the caller for calling to have this beautiful protected species relocated safely. And for taking the video footage.

It measured 127cm long in total.

Warren: 0722110353

My car is styling with some new signage, made possible through a generous sponsor from long time Bluff resident's, Clint...
15/06/2026

My car is styling with some new signage, made possible through a generous sponsor from long time Bluff resident's, Clinton and Celest Thompson.

The Green Mamba is such an iconic Bluff snake and my absolute favorite reptile, I have always tried to incorporate them into my signage and business cards.

Thank you guys for these eye catching signs.

God Bless.

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