- 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.
- 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.
- Black mambas can race through the tree branches in order to strike and kill birds and bats.
- When hunting small rodents, black mambas will bite and hold onto their prey, wrapping their body around it to wait for it to die.
- 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.
