mamba
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- n arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- To capture the deadly black mamba, the wardens use a fishing rod adapted to pull a noose around the snake's neck; the snake is then gingerly deposited in a pillowcase.
- Ken was feeding white mice to the snakes, had presented dinner to an African spitting cobra, a green mamba and two Indian cobras.
- So you get a lecture on the toxic properties of the black mamba snake and a disquisition on the psychological duality of Superman.