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Mozambique spitting cobra

Naja mossambica
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba ikurumye cyangwa ikagucira ubumara mu maso, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Cobra, mamba na krait Itera cyangwa iciraIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

The Mozambique spitting cobra is a highly venomous snake from southern and eastern Africa. It lives mostly in savanna, the open grassy country of hot regions. It is special because it can spit its venom accurately, and its bite and venom are very dangerous.1

Iba muri
Southern and eastern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe1
Afurika
Ahabanza
It is the most common cobra of the savanna regions of tropical and subtropical Africa. It prefers places near water, and it will move to water when disturbed. Younger snakes are often seen out in the open during the day.1
Uburebure
90 cm kugeza kuri 1,5 m (3 ft kugeza kuri 5,1 ft)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It eats amphibians, other snakes, birds, eggs, small mammals and sometimes insects. It also scavenges carcasses that are far into decomposition. It has been recorded eating venomous snakes such as black mambas, and it is immune to mamba venom.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Mozambique spitting cobra
Mozambique spitting cobra. Ifoto: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Above, it is slate, blue, olive or tawny black, and many scales have black edging.1
  • Below, it is salmon pink to purplish yellow, with black bars across the neck.1
  • Young snakes sometimes have pink or yellow bars on the throat.1
  • Adults are usually 90 cm to 105 cm long.1
  • When threatened, it can rear up and spread a long, narrow hood.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera cyangwa icira

Itera cyangwa icira abayitera amazi aryana.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom contains a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a cytotoxin, which destroys cells. Its bite causes severe destruction of the tissue around the wound. Venom that gets into the eyes can cause impaired vision or blindness. Its venom is about as toxic as that of the Mojave rattlesnake.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa. Only a few people have died from its bites, but survivors are mostly left disfigured.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When confronted at close range, it rears up, spreads its hood and spits, usually from a raised position. It may also bite, or feign death to avoid further disturbance.1

Niba iruma cyangwa icira ubumara

  • Umuntu agume atanyeganyega kandi atuje, mukuremo impeta n'ibindi bintu bifashe cyane, kandi mujye ku bitaro vuba: umuti urwanya ubumara (antivenom) ni wo muti.
  • Niba ubumara bwaciriwe mu maso, yoze ako kanya ukoresheje amazi menshi meza.

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 cyangwa ikagucira ubumara mu maso: 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?

Mozambique spitting cobra ireshya hafi 1,5 m (5,1 ft)Imbwa hafi 1 m (3,3 ft)Umuntu mukuru hafi 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
ireshya n'injangwe zo mu rugo 3 zikurikiranye kuva ku zuru kugeza ku murizoireshya n'imineke 9 ikurikiranyeyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 52 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Mozambique spitting 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

It is immune to the venom of the black mamba, and it sometimes eats black mambas.1

2

It can spit its venom 2 to 3 metres with great accuracy.1

3

It can spit without rearing up or spreading its hood, and it can spit from very tight spaces.1

4

It can rear up to two-thirds of its own length when confronted.1

5

Hatchlings are already about 23 cm to 25 cm long.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Naja mossambica
Itsinda
Cobra, mamba na krait
Umuryango
Elapidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Squamata
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
It lays clutches of 10 to 22 eggs. Each hatchling is 23 cm to 25 cm long, including the tail.1
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Mozambique spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja mossambica (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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