Following the success of Snake Season in early 2020, Durban snake rescuer Nick Evans and his trusty (and brave) cameraman, Tyrone Marcus are back with all-new adventures rescuing and relocating snakes in Snake Season 2.
The show is part reality, part conservation and part behind-the-scenes, giving audiences a unique perspective on Nick’s life and what it takes to film while dealing with some of the world’s deadliest snakes.
Nick, with his inimitable calm demeanour, dry wit, and enthusiasm of a schoolboy in slops, takes us through some jaw-dropping snake rescues packed with loads of nervous hilarity.
Filming for this season went into full gear during the Covid-19 pandemic and presented some unique challenges for Nick and Tyrone, but there was certainly no shortage of slithering reptiles who needed rescuing from people’s homes, gardens and other very strange places.
“It was as if humans all went into Covid lockdown, and the snakes all stuck their heads out and said ‘hello’!” laughs Nick, who runs KwaZulu-Natal Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, and has made a name for himself in South Africa for his knowledge and unbridled passion for reptiles. “We had a bumper season of rescuing countless highly venomous and dangerous snakes, and we can only account for this, in that people were at home because of lockdown, and so were able to witness snakes just going about their daily lives.”
Making for riveting viewing, Snake Season 2 is full of dangerous and tense moments as well as unbelievably challenging rescues that include climbing a tree; walking on a brittle about-to-collapse asbestos roof; deconstructing a tiled roof whilst in the middle of a double mamba capture, and searching for an African Python in driving rain in tall grass and thick mud.
Snake Season 2 airs on PeoplesWeather (DStv Ch180, and Openview Ch115) from Monday, 17 May at 6pm.
View the promo on People’s Weather Channel here: www.peoplesweather.com/shows/snake-season-2/