Egyptian cobra
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

Sida loo aqoonsado
- 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
Awoodda sunta
Suntu waxay ka soo baxdaa ilkihiisa sunta ama ilkihiisa marka uu qaniino.
Maxay samaysaa suntiisa (qaniin ama mudid)?
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
Intee buu dadka khatar ugu yahay?
Khatarta dadka: DilaMid ka mid ah xayawaanka ugu khatarta badan adduunka.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
War wanaagsan: dhakhaatiirtu waxay leeyihiin daawo (antivenom) ama daaweyn tan loogu talagalay.1
Muxuu sameeyaa marka uu baqo?
When approached, it usually tries to escape, but if threatened it rises up with its hood spread and strikes.1
Haddii uu qaniino
- 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
- Qofka ka dhig mid aan dhaqaaqin oo deggan, ka saar faraantiyada iyo waxyaabaha adag, si degdeg ahna u geey isbitaalka: daawada sunta (antivenom) ayaa ah daaweynta.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
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- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii mid ku qaniino: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
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100 mitir wuxuu ku gooyn karaa 44 ilbiriqsi (qofka ugu dheereeya wuxuu u baahan yahay 9.6)Intee buu Egyptian cobra le'eg yahay marka ADIGA laguu barbar dhigo?
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Xaqiiqooyin
Most ancient sources blame an Egyptian cobra for the death of Cleopatra and her two handmaidens, though recent researchers have questioned this.1
Ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore a stylised cobra, the uraeus, on their diadem as a symbol of sovereignty.1
In 2006, a pet cobra escaped in Toronto and forced the evacuation of a house for more than five months.1
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
It is often found in water, and there are records of it swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.1
Beeniye-jabiye
Khuraafaad: Egyptian cobras spit venom, like some other African cobras.
Run: This species does not spit venom. It delivers its venom by biting.1
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Egyptian cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja haje (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
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