King cobra
The king cobra is a large venomous snake of tropical Asia. It is the world's longest venomous snake, and it mostly eats other snakes. It is widely spread across its range, but people do not often see it.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Adults are olive green with black and white bands across the trunk that run towards the head.1
- The head has 15 drab-coloured shields that are edged in black.1
- The hood is oval, with two black spots between the two lowest scales.1
- Juveniles are black with chevron-shaped white, yellow or buff bars that point towards the head.1
- The tail is yellowish green and marked with black.1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1
Amaanyi g'obusagwa
Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.
Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?
The venom is neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, and cytotoxic, which means it damages cells. Symptoms can start rapidly after a bite. The cobra can strike at a considerable range and height, and it has an immense venom yield.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.The king cobra is not considered aggressive and usually avoids humans. Attacks usually happen when an individual is cornered or accidentally exposes itself, or when people come close by chance.1
Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.1
Kikola ki nga kitidde?
When threatened, it spreads its neck flap, raises its head, hisses or growls loudly, and sometimes charges.1
Bwe kiruma
- After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.1
- Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu: eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) bwe bujjanjabi.
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
Weekuume
- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.
Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
Kizitowa kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga mbwa 6 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukira
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 32 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiriri
kyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 36 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)King cobra kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
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Kidduka kyenkana wa?
Ebituufu
Its growl is much lower than most snakes' hisses, with a dominant frequency near 600 Hz, which is closer to a human voice.1
It is dominant over all other snakes except large pythons.1
It can swallow prey much larger than its head because of its flexible jaws.1
It can go many months without another meal after a large meal because its metabolism is slow.1
It is considered the national reptile of India and has an important place in the mythology and folk traditions of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.1
Its common name 'hamadryad' is still used in older books.1
Omumenyi w'enfumo
Enfumo: King cobras are aggressive and attack people on sight.
Amazima: The king cobra is not considered aggressive and usually avoids humans. It defends its eggs fiercely and may strike if it is cornered or accidentally exposed.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Ophiophagus hannah
- Ekibinja
- Cobra, mamba ne krait
- Amaka
- Elapidae2
- Ensengeka
- Squamata
- Ssemazinga
- Asiya
- Abaana abawere
- It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 5 / 5: Kitta3
Ebituufu we biva
- King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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