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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah
Ka lebitso: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.1
E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse bolayang ka ho fetisisa Lefatsheng. Ha e ka o loma, bitsa thuso hang-hang.Thuso e potlakileng le antivenom di pholosa batho ba bangata. Letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso hang-hang.
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

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

E phela
Tropical Asia, from India and Nepal through Southeast Asia to southern China and the Philippines1
Asia
Lapeng
It lives across many tropical Asian habitats and is found at elevations up to 2,000 m.1
Bolelele
3,2 m ho isa ho 5,8 m (10 ft ho isa ho 19 ft)1
Boima
10 kg (22 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 10 km/h (6,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya King cobra
King cobra. Foto: Michael Allen Smith from Seattle, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

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

Ditaba tse monate: dingaka di na le moriana (antivenom) kapa kalafo bakeng sa sena.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

  • After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.1
  • Boloka motho a sa sisinyehe ebile a kgutsitse, tlosa mesale le dintho tse tiileng, mme o mo ise sepetlele kapele: antivenom ke yona kalafo.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

King cobra bolelele ba e ka bang 5,8 m (19 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)Bese ya toropo e ka bang 12 m (39 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 2,5
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 6 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 32 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 36 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

King cobra e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

Nnete: 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Ophiophagus hannah
Sehlopha
Di-cobra, di-mamba le di-krait
Lelapa
Elapidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Kotsi ho batho
5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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