Black mamba
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

Uko wayimenya
- 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
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: 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
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
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
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.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
Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
When threatened, it opens its inky-black mouth, spreads a narrow neck flap, hisses and may strike several times in quick succession.1
Niba iruma
- Antivenom is the treatment for a black mamba bite, so get to a hospital as fast as possible.1
- Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba: umuti urwanya ubumara (antivenom) ni wo muti.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
Iremera ibingana iki?
ireshya n'imbwa 4 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizo
ireshya n'imineke 25 ikurikiranye
iremera hafi nk'injangwe yo mu rugo
yakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 22 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)Black mamba ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
It is the second-longest venomous snake in the world, after the king cobra. It is the longest venomous snake in Africa.1
It can lift as much as 40% of its body length off the ground, so bites can land on the upper body.1
Honey badgers and mongooses have some resistance to its venom, and they sometimes hunt mambas.1
Its digestive system can fully digest a meal in eight to ten hours.1
Its fangs can be up to 6.5 mm long.1
Its name in some tribal languages means "dassie catcher", because it sometimes hunts the rock hyrax, also called a dassie.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: The black mamba is black, and it is always aggressive.
Ukuri: 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
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Dendroaspis polylepis
- Itsinda
- Cobra, mamba na krait
- Umuryango
- Elapidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Squamata
- Imigabane
- Afurika
- Abana bato
- 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
- Igihe ibaho
- hafi imyaka 111
- Uko imeze mu gasozi
- Least Concern1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 5 / 5: Yica3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Black mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dendroaspis polylepis (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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