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Black mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis
Davart il num: "Mamba" comes from the Zulu word "imamba". Its scientific name means "tree asp" and "many scales" in Ancient Greek. The "black" name refers to the inside of its mouth, not its skin.1
MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'el ta morda, clama immediat agid.Mazza en paucas minutas. L'agid sto gia esser en via.
Cobras, mambas e kraits MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The black mamba is a long, fast, highly venomous snake that lives in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It can climb trees as well as move across the ground. It is one of the most feared snakes in Africa because its venom acts quickly.1

Viva en
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia south to South Africa, Namibia and Angola1
Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in savannah, woodland, scrub, rocky slopes and, in some regions, dense forest. It shelters in termite mounds, abandoned burrows, rock crevices and tree cracks. It usually avoids places above about 1,000 m.1
Lunghezza
2 m fin 4,5 m (6,6 ft fin 15 ft)1
Paisa
520 g fin 2,4 kg (1,1 lb fin 5,3 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 16 km/h (9,9 mph)
Sin terra: savens numnada la serp la pli svelta, en curts sprints
Tge mangia el?
It mainly hunts birds, especially young birds, and small mammals such as rodents and squirrels. It bites its prey, lets go, and waits for the animal to be paralysed and die before swallowing it.1
Propi!Foto da Black mamba
Black mamba. Foto: Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Long, slender body with a coffin-shaped head and a slight brow ridge1
  • Body colour is usually olive, yellowish-brown, khaki or grey, rarely black1
  • Greyish-white underbelly1
  • Inside of the mouth is dark bluish-grey to nearly black, shown when threatened1
  • Young snakes are paler, typically grey or olive green, and darken with age1

Savens confundì cun: It is often confused with the eastern green mamba, its closest relative. The two were once grouped together as one species before being separated.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Symptoms often start within ten minutes of a bite. The venom is frequently fatal unless antivenom is given.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

It attacks people only when threatened or cornered. A survey in South Africa from 1957 to 1979 recorded 2,553 venomous snakebites, of which 75 were confirmed as black mamba bites. The World Health Organization classes it as a snake of medical importance.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it opens its inky-black mouth, spreads a narrow neck flap, hisses and may strike several times in quick succession.1

Sch'el morda

  • Antivenom is the treatment for a black mamba bite, so get to a hospital as fast as possible.1
  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital: l'antiserum è il tractament.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Black mamba circa 4,5 m lung (15 ft)In auto circa 4,5 m (15 ft)In bus da la citad circa 12 m (39 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 20 bananas
uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 25 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess currer 100 meters en 22 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Black mamba cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is the second-longest venomous snake in the world, after the king cobra. It is the longest venomous snake in Africa.1

2

It can lift as much as 40% of its body length off the ground, so bites can land on the upper body.1

3

Honey badgers and mongooses have some resistance to its venom, and they sometimes hunt mambas.1

4

Its digestive system can fully digest a meal in eight to ten hours.1

5

Its fangs can be up to 6.5 mm long.1

6

Its name in some tribal languages means "dassie catcher", because it sometimes hunts the rock hyrax, also called a dassie.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The black mamba is black, and it is always aggressive.

Vardad: Its skin is usually grey, olive or brown. The name comes from the dark inside of its mouth. It usually avoids people and attacks only when threatened or cornered.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Dendroaspis polylepis
Gruppa
Cobras, mambas e kraits
Famiglia
Elapidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Africa
Poppins
It lays eggs. A female lays a clutch of 6 to 17 eggs, and the young are 40 to 60 cm long when they hatch.1
Durada da vita
circa 11 onns1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Least Concern1
Privel per umans
5 / 5: Mortal3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Black mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendroaspis polylepis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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