Black Mamba Drowning

very nice camera work

before i star i have to say that i like your documentaries but the studio part and the controled situation with the snake....well i just hope you did not kill the mamba for the sake of the situation.

Sure, I could go on and film some animal wrangler chasing and provoking the snake like one can see on countless TV shows ... That's not for me. I try to reflect on possible behavior of the animal under extreme situations. You're right about the rodent burrows, but I never mentioned it to be such ... A drowning Black Mamba is certainly not an every day occurrence but still it could and did happen.

ok, good. those are some really good shots though.

First of all, nice work on filming. But the "burrow" is a set up in some kind of studio. I don't see why it was necessary to show a mamba drowning. Since actual rodent burrows would have multiple entrances and exits, I don't think this happens on a common basis.

It's just a dramatized take on the reptile's vulnerability. indeed, the snake is still alive! How many times did Robert De Niro "die" in the movies?

o my darwin!!! that's horrible! so why did it say no animal was killed at the end?...

It would be next to impossible to rig a Mamba for filming without hurting or even killing the snake. It simply would defeat the purpose of documenting the animal's behavior.

it looks rigged i agree.

That looks like it was rigged.