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Cape cobra

Naja nivea

Tentang nama: Naja comes from a Sanskrit word meaning 'cobra', and nivea comes from Latin words meaning 'snow' or 'snow-white'.1

Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling maut di Bumi. Jika ia menggigit kamu, panggil bantuan dengan segera.Bantuan segera dan antibisa menyelamatkan kebanyakan orang. Hubungi nombor kecemasan dengan segera.

Ular tedung, mamba & katam

GigitanMakan: Daging

Bahaya kepada manusia: Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling berbahaya di dunia.

The Cape cobra is a medium-sized, highly venomous cobra. It lives in many kinds of land across southern Africa, and it often comes close to people. It is regarded as one of the most dangerous cobras in all of Africa.1

Hidup di

Southern Africa: mainly South Africa, plus southern Namibia, south-west Botswana and western Lesotho1

Afrika

Laman utama

It lives in fynbos, bushveld, karoo scrubland, arid savanna and deserts. It often uses rodent burrows, abandoned termite mounds and rock crevices. It also enters villages, suburbs of Cape Town and houses, where it may shelter from the heat or hunt rodents.1

Panjang

1.2 m hingga 1.6 m (3.9 ft hingga 5.2 ft)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 7.5 km/j (4.7 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

It is a feeding generalist that eats other snakes, rodents, lizards, birds and carrion. It is also well known for raiding the nests of sociable weavers, and it can be cannibalistic, sometimes eating the young of its own kind.1

Gambar Cape cobra — Cape cobra. Gambar: Marius Burger. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Cara mengenalinya

Colour ranges from yellow through golden brown and dark brown to black.1
Many individuals have black or pale stippling and blotches.1
Juveniles have a dark throat that continues down the belly.1
Adults are typically 1.2 to 1.4 m long.1
When threatened, it raises the front of its body and spreads a broad hood.1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Juvenile Cape cobras have dark throats, which often leads people to confuse them with the rinkhals, a spitting cobra. The dark throat fades during the first year or two of life.1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

Its venom is thick and syrupy, and contains potent neurotoxins that act on the nerves, and possibly cardiotoxins that affect the heart. The venom can affect the respiratory system, nervous system and heart. When death occurs, it normally takes one to ten hours, or more, and is often caused by respiratory failure due to paralysis.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: Membawa mautAntara haiwan paling berbahaya di dunia.

It is regarded as one of the most dangerous cobras in Africa because of its potent venom and its frequent presence around houses. The mortality rate for untreated bites is not exactly known, but is thought to be high, around 50%. Outcomes depend on factors such as the amount of venom injected and the bitten person's state of mind.1

Berita baik: doktor ada ubat (antibisa) atau rawatan untuk ini.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

When threatened, it raises its forebody, spreads a broad hood, may hiss loudly and strikes readily.1

Jika ia menggigit

Mechanical ventilation (a machine that helps the person breathe) and symptom management are often enough to save a life. Serious cases need antivenom, which is a polyvalent antivenom produced by the South African Institute of Medical Research.1
Pastikan orang itu tidak bergerak dan tenang, tanggalkan cincin dan barang yang ketat, dan pergi ke hospital dengan segera: rawatannya ialah antibisa.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

sepanjang 3 ekor kucing rumah dari hidung ke ekorsepanjang 9 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 48 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Cape cobra berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Orang berjalan kira-kira 5 km/j (3.1 mph)

Cape cobra kira-kira 7.5 km/j (4.7 mph)

Budak naik basikal kira-kira 12 km/j (7.5 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Its venom dries into shiny pale flakes that look like yellow sugar.1

Meerkats and some mongooses prey on it and have a low susceptibility to its venom.1

It is a good climber and can climb trees and bushes.1

The longest recorded specimen was a male from Aus, Namibia, measuring 1.88 m.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Naja nivea
Kumpulan: Ular tedung, mamba & katam
Keluarga: Elapidae2
Susunan: Squamata
Benua-benua: Afrika
Anak: It lays eggs, between 8 and 20 per clutch in midsummer, and the hatchlings are completely independent from birth.1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 5 / 5: Membawa maut3

Dari mana fakta datang

Cape cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Naja nivea (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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