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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Tentang nama: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.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 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

Hidup di

Tropical Asia, from India and Nepal through Southeast Asia to southern China and the Philippines1

Asia

Laman utama

It lives across many tropical Asian habitats and is found at elevations up to 2,000 m.1

Panjang

3.2 m hingga 5.8 m (10 ft hingga 19 ft)1

Berat

10 kg (22 lb)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 10 km/j (6.2 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

It mainly hunts other snakes, including its own kind, and also eats lizards and rodents now and then. After it bites its prey, it swallows the animal whole, and its flexible jaws let it swallow prey much larger than its head.1

Gambar King cobra — King cobra. Gambar: Michael Allen Smith from Seattle, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Cara mengenalinya

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

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

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

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

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

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

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

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

When threatened, it spreads its neck flap, raises its head, hisses or growls loudly, and sometimes charges.1

Jika ia menggigit

After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.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?

Berapa berat ia?

seberat 2.5 ekor kucing rumah

sepanjang 6 ekor anjing dari hidung ke ekorsepanjang 32 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 36 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar King 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)

King cobra kira-kira 10 km/j (6.2 mph)

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

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

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

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: King cobras are aggressive and attack people on sight.

Hakikat: 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

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Ophiophagus hannah
Kumpulan: Ular tedung, mamba & katam
Keluarga: Elapidae2
Susunan: Squamata
Benua-benua: Asia
Anak: It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
Keadaannya di alam liar: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 5 / 5: Membawa maut3

Dari mana fakta datang

King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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