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Egyptian cobra

Naja haje
Malunga negama: "Naja" comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "cobra", and "haje" comes from an Arabic word meaning "snake".1
SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana zibulalayo eMhlabeni. Ukuba siyakuluma, biza uncedo ngoko nangoko.Uncedo olukhawulezayo ne-antivenom zisindisa abantu abaninzi. Tsalela inombolo kaxakeka ngoko nangoko.
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana ziyingozi emhlabeni.

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

Sihlala
North Africa north of the Sahara, West African savannas, south to the Congo Basin and east to Kenya and Tanzania1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in steppes, savannas, and dry semi-desert areas that have some water and vegetation, and it is often found near water. It also lives in farm fields and scrub, and it is attracted to villages by rats and domestic chickens, often entering houses.1
Ubude
2,6 m (8,5 ft)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-8,1 km/h (5 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It prefers to eat toads, but it also hunts small mammals, birds, eggs, lizards and other snakes. It is an active forager and will enter homes, especially to hunt domestic fowl.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Egyptian cobra
Egyptian cobra. Ifoto: safaritravelplus. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • 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

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana ziyingozi emhlabeni.

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

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When approached, it usually tries to escape, but if threatened it rises up with its hood spread and strikes.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • 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
  • Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza: i-antivenom lunyango.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Egyptian cobra malunga ne-2,6 m ubude (8,5 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-2,5 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-14 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-44 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Egyptian cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Most ancient sources blame an Egyptian cobra for the death of Cleopatra and her two handmaidens, though recent researchers have questioned this.1

2

Ancient Egyptian pharaohs wore a stylised cobra, the uraeus, on their diadem as a symbol of sovereignty.1

3

In 2006, a pet cobra escaped in Toronto and forced the evacuation of a house for more than five months.1

4

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

5

It is often found in water, and there are records of it swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Egyptian cobras spit venom, like some other African cobras.

Inyaniso: This species does not spit venom. It delivers its venom by biting.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Naja haje
Iqela
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho
Elapidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Egyptian cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja haje (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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