The black mamba is a highly venomous snake found in Southern Africa. Evans has removed hundreds of black mambas in his career, and is currently researching the species. So what exactly makes this species special? Newsweek spoke to South African snake catcher Nick Evans, who owns a snake removal business in the KwaZulu-Natal province and greater Durban area, where black mambas are abundant. While most of Africa's snakes are not dangerous to humans, it is home to one of the most feared species in the world- the black mamba. Fossils show that venomous snakes could have been present on the continent as early as 25 million years ago.
There are up to 160 different snake species in Africa.
