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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah
Nezvezita: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.1
InourayaImwe yemhuka dzinouraya zvikuru paPasi. Kana ikakuruma, shevedza rubatsiro ipapo ipapo.Rubatsiro rwekukurumidza neantivenom zvinoponesa vanhu vazhinji. Fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi ipapo ipapo.
Macobra, mamba nemakrait InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

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

Inogara mu
Tropical Asia, from India and Nepal through Southeast Asia to southern China and the Philippines1
Asia
Kumba
It lives across many tropical Asian habitats and is found at elevations up to 2,000 m.1
Kureba
3,2 m kusvika 5,8 m (10 ft kusvika 19 ft)1
Huremu
10 kg (22 lb)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 10 km/h (6,2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
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
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waKing cobra
King cobra. Mufananidzo: Michael Allen Smith from Seattle, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

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

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Kana ikaruma

  • After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care 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?

King cobra kunenge 5,8 m kureba (19 ft)Motokari kunenge 4,5 m (15 ft)Bhazi reguta kunenge 12 m (39 ft)

Inorema zvakadii?

inorema sekatsi dzepamba 2,5
yakareba seimbwa 6 kubva pamhuno kusvika kumusweyakareba semabhanana 32 akateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 36 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

King cobra yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Its growl is much lower than most snakes' hisses, with a dominant frequency near 600 Hz, which is closer to a human voice.1

2

It is dominant over all other snakes except large pythons.1

3

It can swallow prey much larger than its head because of its flexible jaws.1

4

It can go many months without another meal after a large meal because its metabolism is slow.1

5

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

6

Its common name 'hamadryad' is still used in older books.1

Kuputsa ngano

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

Chokwadi: 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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Ophiophagus hannah
Boka
Macobra, mamba nemakrait
Mhuri
Elapidae2
Odha
Squamata
Makondinendi
Asia
Vacheche
It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
Iri kurarama sei musango
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Ngozi kuvanhu
5 / 5: Inouraya3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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