2 Meters Of Green Mamba Snakes Very Toxic Disappear, Police Ask Residents To Stay Home

Illustration of the green mamba snake. (Wikimedia Commons/Lthears)

JAKARTA - A very toxic green mamba snake was reported by the owner, causing the police to issue a dangerous warning for the snake and asking residents to stay at home.

The Tilburg City Police, the Netherlands received a report from a snake owner about the disappearance of its snake on November 21 evening. The next day, police published an announcement of the snake's disappearance, warning residents to stay home, not try to catch the two-meter-long snake, and issue notification posters.

The police said they had contacted several experts in the country, how the snake could be recovered as soon as possible, with a search being carried out also involving sniffer dogs, as quoted by CBS December 5.

Police also warned residents to seek immediate medical help if these snakes are caught, although it said greensomes are not looking for "confrontations" with humans and may not like to roam around in winter.

"He likes a dark and warm room. If he finds it, he will be very passive," the police statement said.

After a few days, the local city government announced that the snake was found at the owner's house in good condition and looking for a warm place. "He hid behind the attic wall," the koya government confirmed, as quoted by the NL Times.

A professor from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam said the snake was alert and active.

"He can drink enough water and the animal is in good health," he said.

Meanwhile, snake expert Walter Getreuer told Omroep Brabant late Thursday he believed the snake was still at the owner's home. He participated in a second search of the house, concluding the snake was almost certainly behind the plaster wall of the house.

"The owner made a hole in the wall. In one hole, my dog sat down and had hyperventilation. It was a very clear sign that he smelled something. The dog also sat near the tool the snake owner used to catch the snake," Getreuer said, adding that the net was installed in front of the drilled hole, so his dog was not threatened with being bitten.

At that time, the snake had not yet appeared from behind the wall. "But it is almost certain that the animal is behind the plaster wall," said Getreuer.

"We saw the heating pipe where the dog sat. Snakes are tropical animals that need warmth, so this place makes sense," he said.

According to Getreuer, there is no way out of the house that can reach the open world, while the home owner continues efforts to catch the snake.

There are three green mamba species that are all African natives, from the eastern, central and western regions of the continent. The city government did not specify the missing snake species, quoted from CNN.

Usually found in trees, these shy snakes produce fast and deadly reactions, although they rarely attack humans, but prey on birds, small mammals, and lizards.