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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

O imenu: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.1

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Kobre, mambe in kraiti

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: Smrtno nevarnaEna najnevarnejših živali na svetu.

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

Živi v

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

Azija

Domov

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

Dolžina

3,2 m do 5,8 m (10 ft do 19 ft)1

Teža

10 kg (22 lb)1

Največja hitrost

približno 10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

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

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

Kako jo prepoznaš

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

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

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

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: Smrtno nevarnaEna najnevarnejših živali na svetu.

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

Dobra novica: zdravniki imajo za to zdravilo (protistrup) ali zdravljenje.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

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

Če ugrizne

After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.1
Poškodovanca drži pri miru in ga pomirjaj, odstrani prstane in tesne stvari ter ga hitro odpelji v bolnišnico: zdravljenje je protistrup.

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Ostani varen

Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.

Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti

Kje na svetu?

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Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Koliko tehta?

težka kot 2,5 domačih mačk

dolga kot 6 psov od nosu do repadolga kot 32 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore 100 metrov v 36 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je King cobra v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

King cobra približno 10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Otrok na kolesu približno 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

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

Razbijalec mitov

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

Resnica: 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

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Ophiophagus hannah
Skupina: Kobre, mambe in kraiti
Družina: Elapidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Azija
Mladiči: It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
Kako ji gre v naravi: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 5 / 5: Smrtno nevarna3

Od kod so dejstva

King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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