The poisonous green mamba that escaped in Tilburg at the beginning of this week is most likely hiding behind a plaster wall in his owner’s house. A snake expert who searched for the animal said this on Thursday Broadcasting Brabant.
Snake expert Walter Getreuer from Reptielenzoo SERPO searches for the snake with a sniffer dog. The green mamba has been missing since Monday. Because the animal is poisonous, local residents were urged to remain alert.
The snake’s owner previously said he was “99 percent sure that the snake is hiding somewhere in the house.” The green mamba is a tropical snake. The animal likes dark and warm spaces, and will therefore not easily seek out the cold outside.
Getreuer therefore went to the owner’s house with his sniffer dog. Near a hole the owner had drilled in a plaster wall, the dog sat down and began panting heavily. “That is a very clear sign that he smells something. It is almost certain that the animal is behind that plaster wall,” the snake expert tells Broadcasting Brabant.
There was mesh over the drilled holes, so that the sniffer dog could not be bitten. The dog also sat down near the tool the snake’s owner uses to pick up the snake.
The snake has not actually been seen yet. The owner is going to break down the wall to see if the snake is there and can be caught. This can be done relatively safely, because according to Getreuer there are no exits to the outside.
2023-11-23 21:46:00
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