Durban woman’s shocking snake discovery in car prompts netizens to say ‘sell it'

A social media user from Durban,  Zama Mandy Khumalo (@mand_kins) took to TikTok and shared a video revealing her worst fear: finding a snake in her car.

In her post, she asked her followers, “Has this ever happeed to you? What did you do?”

In the video, a snake is seen peeking its head out of the glove compartment of the passenger seat.

Despite attempts to catch the boomslang, it managed to escape and retreated into the car's bonnet.

According to Khumalo, she initially solicited the help of her uncles to remove the snake, however, they bailed on her.

“Malum Dumisani froze when it was time to assist, so we all waited for my dad and mum. Eventually, it got out, thanks to some tips from my mum.”

The TikTok video has garnered over 600,000 views, sparking a flurry of reactions from netizens. 

Reactiving to the video, this is what netizens had to say: 

@@imbali_yethu_enhle said: “Imagine seeing this while driviing! 😭😭😭”

Another user, @annelinemaimele commented: “I would abandon my car! I will sell it and never drive it again.”

@Masina said: “I would never drive that car AGAIN! 😭😭.”

While @fezz_379 joked: “For this very reason, I will not be buying a car!”

According to the African Snakebite Institute, the boomslang is primarily arboreal but may come down to the ground to bask.

In trees, it poses little threat to humans, as it is extremely reluctant to bite, making bites rare.

Juvenile boomslangs are grey with large emerald-green eyes, changing to adult colours at around 1 metre in length.

Most males are bright green, sometimes featuring black between the scales, while females are generally brown.

Boomslang venom is haemotoxic, affecting the blood clotting mechanism and causing uncontrolled bleeding if untreated.

The South African Vaccine Producers manufacture a highly effective monovalent antivenom for bites from boomslangs.