Mozambique spitting cobra
The Mozambique spitting cobra is a highly venomous snake from southern and eastern Africa. It lives mostly in savanna, the open grassy country of hot regions. It is special because it can spit its venom accurately, and its bite and venom are very dangerous.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Above, it is slate, blue, olive or tawny black, and many scales have black edging.1
- Below, it is salmon pink to purplish yellow, with black bars across the neck.1
- Young snakes sometimes have pink or yellow bars on the throat.1
- Adults are usually 90 cm to 105 cm long.1
- When threatened, it can rear up and spread a long, narrow hood.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣጥቀዕቱ ዘቃጽል ፈሳሲ ይነዝሕ ወይ ይተፍእ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
Its venom contains a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a cytotoxin, which destroys cells. Its bite causes severe destruction of the tissue around the wound. Venom that gets into the eyes can cause impaired vision or blindness. Its venom is about as toxic as that of the Mojave rattlesnake.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ኣዝዩ ሓደገኛሕክምና ዘይረኸበ ሰብ ክቐትል ይኽእል።It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa. Only a few people have died from its bites, but survivors are mostly left disfigured.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
When confronted at close range, it rears up, spreads its hood and spits, usually from a raised position. It may also bite, or feign death to avoid further disturbance.1
እንተ ነኺሱ ወይ እንተ ተፊኡ
- ነቲ ሰብ ከይንቀሳቐስን ህዱእን ግበሮ፣ ቀለበታትን ዝጸበቡ ነገራትን ኣውጽእ፣ ብቕልጡፍ ድማ ናብ ሆስፒታል ውሰዶ፦ እቲ ሕክምና ጸረ-መርዚ መድሃኒት እዩ።
- መርዚ ናብ ኣዒንቲ እንተ ተተፊኡ፣ ብኡንብኡ ነተን ኣዒንቲ ብብዙሕ ጽሩይ ማይ ሕጸበን።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ ወይ ኣብ ኣዒንትኻ መርዚ እንተ ተፊኡ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 3 ኣናሙ ገዛ ይነውሕ
ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 9 ባናናታት ይነውሕ
100 ሜትሮ ብ52 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)Mozambique spitting cobra ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
It is immune to the venom of the black mamba, and it sometimes eats black mambas.1
It can spit its venom 2 to 3 metres with great accuracy.1
It can spit without rearing up or spreading its hood, and it can spit from very tight spaces.1
It can rear up to two-thirds of its own length when confronted.1
Hatchlings are already about 23 cm to 25 cm long.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Mozambique spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Naja mossambica (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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