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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Ka ga leina: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.1

E a bolayaNngwe ya diphologolo tse di bolayang go gaisa mo Lefatsheng. Fa e go loma, bitsa thuso ka yone nako eo.Thuso ya bonako le antivenom di pholosa batho ba bantsi. Leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso ka yone nako eo.

Dikobra, dimamba le dikrait

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E a bolayaNngwe ya diphologolo tse di kotsi go gaisa mo 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 tshela kwa

Tropical Asia, from India and Nepal through Southeast Asia to southern China and the Philippines1

Asia

Gae

It lives across many tropical Asian habitats and is found at elevations up to 2,000 m.1

Boleele

3,2 m go ya go 5,8 m (10 ft go ya go 19 ft)1

Bokima

10 kg (22 lb)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

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

Setshwantsho sa King cobra — King cobra. Setshwantsho: Michael Allen Smith from Seattle, USA. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

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

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

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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 go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E a bolayaNngwe ya diphologolo tse di kotsi go gaisa mo 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

Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

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

Fa e loma

After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.1
Dira gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege a ritibetse, tlosa direng le dilo tse di tiileng, mme o mo ise bookelong ka bonako: antivenom ke yone kalafi.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

E kima go le kae?

bokima jo bo lekanang le dikatse tsa ntlo di le 2,5

boleele jo bo lekanang le dintša di le 6 go tloga kwa nkong go ya mogatlengboleele jo bo lekanang le dipanana di le 32 di latelanae ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 36 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

King cobra e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

King cobra e ka nna 10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: 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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Ophiophagus hannah
Setlhopha: Dikobra, dimamba le dikrait
Lelapa: Elapidae2
Lekoko: 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
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Kotsi go batho: 5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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