How much does a black mamba eat a day?

Black mambas Diet. Black mambas eat small mammals like rodents and squirrels. The black mamba eats a variety of prey including small birds and mammals primarily. It has been known to eat small chickens, bats, and bushbabies (a type of small nocturnal primate native to Africa). read more

Black mambas eat small mammals found in their African range, including rodents such as squirrels and others such as hyraxes, along with occasional birds. They kill their prey with venom, striking twice and injecting a neurotoxin, and they do not eat until their prey is paralyzed or dead. read more

The black mamba is one of four species of mambas, according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Others are Jameson’s mamba, eastern green mamba and western green mamba. Mambas are in the same family, Elapidae, as coral snakes and cobras. read more