Mandalay spitting cobra
The Mandalay spitting cobra is a heavy-bodied cobra that lives only in the dry central part of Myanmar. Like other spitting cobras, it can squirt venom at a threat from a distance, so it is important to know what it looks like and keep well away from it.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Yellowish-brown to dull brown body with darker brownish mottling1
- Pale belly with some dark speckling1
- Often dark under the chin and throat, then a paler area, then 2 or 3 dark bands across the underside of the hood1
- Usually no obvious markings on the top of the hood, though some juveniles may have a spectacle-shaped mark1
Nguvu ya sumu
Hunyunyiza au kutema kimiminika kinachowasha kwa washambulizi.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
Nothing is known about the venom of this particular species. As a spitting cobra, its venom is likely to be cytotoxic, meaning it damages body cells, and post-synaptic neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves at the junction where they meet muscle.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.It is alert and defensive, and very little provocation is needed to make it spit. When threatened it may also charge forward, hiss loudly and try to bite.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
It raises the front of its body, spreads a broad hood, hisses loudly, and may spit venom at least 2 m or charge and bite.1
Akiuma au kutema
- Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, na umpeleke hospitali haraka: dawa ya kuzuia sumu ndiyo tiba.
- Sumu ikitemewa machoni, yasafishe mara moja kwa maji mengi safi.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikuuma au akikutemea sumu machoni: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 3 kutoka pua hadi mkia
urefu sawa na ndizi 8 zilizopangwa mstari
angeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 51 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)Mandalay spitting cobra ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Mandalay spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja mandalayensis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
Hunyunyiza au kutema

