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Black mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis
Nezvezita: "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
InourayaImwe yemhuka dzinouraya zvikuru paPasi. Kana ikakuruma, shevedza rubatsiro ipapo ipapo.Inouraya mumaminitsi. Rubatsiro runofanira kunge ratova munzira.
Macobra, mamba nemakrait InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

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

Inogara mu
Sub-Saharan Africa, from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia south to South Africa, Namibia and Angola1
Afrika
Kumba
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
Kureba
2 m kusvika 4,5 m (6,6 ft kusvika 15 ft)1
Huremu
520 g kusvika 2,4 kg (1,1 lb kusvika 5,3 lb)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 16 km/h (9,9 mph)
Pasi pevhu: inowanzotaurwa senyoka inomhanyisa kupfuura dzose, kwechinguva chipfupi
Inodya chii?
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
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBlack mamba
Black mamba. Mufananidzo: Wynand Uys. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

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

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Kana ikaruma

  • Antivenom is the treatment for a black mamba bite, so get to a hospital as fast as possible.1
  • Chengeta munhu asingafambe uye akadzikama, bvisa mhete nezvinhu zvakasunga, uende kuchipatara nokukurumidza: antivenom ndiwo mushonga wacho.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Black mamba kunenge 4,5 m kureba (15 ft)Motokari kunenge 4,5 m (15 ft)Bhazi reguta kunenge 12 m (39 ft)

Inorema zvakadii?

inorema semabhanana 20
yakareba seimbwa 4 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 25 akateedzanainenge kurema sekatsi yepambainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 22 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Black mamba yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

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

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

Kuputsa ngano

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

Chokwadi: 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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Dendroaspis polylepis
Boka
Macobra, mamba nemakrait
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
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
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 111
Iri kurarama sei musango
Least Concern1
Ngozi kuvanhu
5 / 5: Inouraya3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Black mamba (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendroaspis polylepis (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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