Mamba du Mal

The Mamba du Mal is an fictional snake in the popular children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was a part of Montgomery Montgomery's reptile collection, and was trained to sniff out arson. Possibly named after a real snake known as the Mamba. The snake is known to be black. It is possibly shown in the reptile room at the start of a chapter

In The Reptile Room, Stephano (Count Olaf in disguise) injects the venom of the Mamba du Mal into Uncle Monty and kills him. He then falsely accuses the snake of being responsible for Uncle Monty's death. The Mamba du Mal is then taken by Bruce. In Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, a black snake is seen communicating with some crickets, likely V.F.D. Crickets. The snake then is bought at the In Auction by the Esme Sqaualor Fan Club.

In The Mamba du Mal: A Snake That Will Never Kill Me (by Tony "Mommy" Eggmonterorer) this is said : "The Mamba du Mal is one of the deadliest snakes in the hemisphere, noted for its strangulatory grip, used in conjunction with its deadly venom, giving all of its victims a tenebrous hue, which is ghastly to behold.

"More pleasant to contemplate, however, are the snake's excellent communication skills. Certain specimens of the Mamba du Mal have been trained to recite certain phrases in an encoded form of English so they might be employed as guardians of crucial headquarters. A mamba du mal hissing the phrase "Summer is" for instance, is communicating a coded version of the phrase "Enemies are nearby." The hissed phrase "over and gone" translates to "probably in disguise," and the mamba has been known to hiss the word "dying" as a code for "Beware of arson." The only other creature with communication skills sufficient to convey these messages is the common grass cricket." This is a reference to the book, Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography) in which it is mentioned that in the book, Charolette's Web) there is a secret code mentioned in the opening of one of the last chapters of the book where Wilbur is soon to be sent to the state farm and worrying AbOUT his fate and impending doom, where it is mentioned that it is as if the crickets are saying "Summer is over and gone, summer is dying" over and over again.

See also

• Lachrymose Leeches
• V.F.D. Crows
• Mortmain Mountain Lions
• V.F.D. Eagles
• Other V.F.D. Animals
• Medusoid Mycelium
• The Sugar Bowl