Here is a good reason to get your cats to inspect your Christmas tree. Rob and Marcela Wild put a Christmas tree up in their home in the Western Cape area of South Africa. Not long after getting the tree decorated, they saw their cats staring at a particular spot in the tree branches. They were watching a snake! It was a venomous&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomslang">boomslang</a>. While the boomslang is not an aggressive snake and rarely bites, its venom is so deadly that one bite can kill a person. The Wilds wasted no time in calling a professional. Gerrie Heyns came and used "snake tongs" to remove the boomslang from the Christmas tree, and from the house.

The snake was released back into the wild. You can <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/africa/christmas-tree-snake-scli-intl/index.html">read more of the story at CNN</a>. A good time was had by all. -via <a href="https://www.fark.com/comments/11984031/House-cats-play-hero-as-they-locate-a-deadly-boomslang-snake-in-a-Christmas-tree-in-South-Africa">Fark&nbsp;</a>​ #snake #boomslang #Christmastree