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Bush Talk
from A.A12.2021
by nustobaydo
People generally think that any green snake is a green mamba. Even my Oom Willie thought he had them on his farm Blinkklip, near Stella in North West province. Words & photos: Johan Marais, African Snakebite Institute
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Hatchling green mambas are 30 to 45cm in length and are rapidly and once longer than a metre they are much thicker its ability to pump and circulate blood). This means that the Philothamnus mind that the green mamba has a close to the sea.
There is another highly venomous green snake – the Boomslang. They hatch at about merely go higher up the tree should anyone get any closer.
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