Where Does a Black Mamba Snake Get Its Food?

Black mambas are one of the world's deadliest venomous snakes. They can be a range of colors, including dark olive, olive green, gray brown or metal. They inject their prey with a strong cocktail of neurotoxins and cardiotoxins.

Coneys

Black mambas live along rocky hills, where small mammals called coneys live. They will slither into their burrows and inject their poison into the small mammals, waiting for them to die before devouring them headfirst.

Sugar Birds

Black mambas have been known to pluck hovering sugar birds out of mid-air. One such case was observed along the Limpopo River, which begins in Mozambique and touches the borders of Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Birds and Bats

Black mambas can race through the tree branches in order to strike and kill birds and bats.

Small Rodents

When hunting small rodents, black mambas will bite and hold onto their prey, wrapping their body around it to wait for it to die.

Large Prey

When hunting large prey, black mambas strike the animal and let go. Then they follow the animal's trail until it falls over and dies. The animal is swallowed headfirst and whole.

References

• National Geographic: Black Mamba
• Blackmambasnake.com
• Black Mamba

Resources

• Animal Facts: Black Mamba
• Reptile Facts: Black Mamba