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Egyptian cobra

Naja haje
Ibyerekeye izina: "Naja" comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "cobra", and "haje" comes from an Arabic word meaning "snake".1
YicaImwe mu nyamaswa zica cyane ku Isi. Niba ikurumye, hamagara ubutabazi ako kanya.Ubufasha bwihuse n'umuti urwanya ubumara (antivenom) bikiza abantu benshi. Hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi ako kanya.
Cobra, mamba na krait IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.

The Egyptian cobra is one of the most venomous snakes in Northern Africa. It lives across much of North Africa and the savannas of West Africa, and it often lives close to people, sometimes entering villages and houses. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Iba muri
North Africa north of the Sahara, West African savannas, south to the Congo Basin and east to Kenya and Tanzania1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It lives in steppes, savannas, and dry semi-desert areas that have some water and vegetation, and it is often found near water. It also lives in farm fields and scrub, and it is attracted to villages by rats and domestic chickens, often entering houses.1
Uburebure
2,6 m (8,5 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 8,1 km/h (5 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It prefers to eat toads, but it also hunts small mammals, birds, eggs, lizards and other snakes. It is an active forager and will enter homes, especially to hunt domestic fowl.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Egyptian cobra
Egyptian cobra. Ifoto: safaritravelplus. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Its large, flattened head is slightly distinct from its neck, and it can spread a hood like other cobras.1
  • Most individuals are some shade of brown, often with a tear-drop mark below the eye.1
  • Some are copper-red or grey-brown, and those from Morocco are almost entirely black.1
  • The belly is mostly creamy white, yellow brown, grey, blue grey, dark brown or black, often with dark spots.1
  • It is a large snake, with an average length of roughly 1.4 metres.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom is mainly made of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cytotoxins, which damage cells. The venom stops nerve signals reaching the muscles, and in later stages it also affects the heart and lungs, which can lead to death from respiratory failure. A bite causes local pain, severe swelling, bruising, blistering and tissue death, and may also cause headache, vomiting, dizziness, convulsions or paralysis.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.

The venom is strong enough to kill a person. A single bite can release an average of 175 to 300 mg of venom. Its venom is slow-acting and does not always cause death. Venom from northern African populations, especially from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya, is more potent than venom from southern and western populations.1

Inkuru nziza: abaganga bafite umuti (umuti urwanya ubumara, antivenom) cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura ibi.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When approached, it usually tries to escape, but if threatened it rises up with its hood spread and strikes.1

Niba iruma

  • Get to a hospital fast: antivenom is the treatment. In a 2018 case, a bitten man was evacuated to Egypt, treated with antivenom and made a full recovery.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?

Egyptian cobra ireshya hafi 2,6 m (8,5 ft)Igare ry'umuntu mukuru hafi 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imodoka hafi 4,5 m (15 ft)
ireshya n'imbwa 2,5 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 14 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 44 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Egyptian cobra ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Most ancient sources blame an Egyptian cobra for the death of Cleopatra and her two handmaidens, though recent researchers have questioned this.1

2

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore a stylised cobra, the uraeus, on their diadem as a symbol of sovereignty.1

3

In 2006, a pet cobra escaped in Toronto and forced the evacuation of a house for more than five months.1

4

In 2011, a venomous female cobra went missing from the Bronx Zoo and was found in a dark corner of the reptile house six days later. Staff named her "Mia", for "missing in action".1

5

It is often found in water, and there are records of it swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: Egyptian cobras spit venom, like some other African cobras.

Ukuri: This species does not spit venom. It delivers its venom by biting.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Naja haje
Itsinda
Cobra, mamba na krait
Umuryango
Elapidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Akaga ku bantu
5 / 5: Yica3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Egyptian cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja haje (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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