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Ikhathuni ka-False water cobra
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False water cobra

Hydrodynastes gigas
Malunga negama: It is called a false cobra because it hoods like a true cobra but does not rear up. The Guarani name ñakanina means 'alert head'.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The false water cobra is a large snake that lives in South America. It is named after true cobras because it flattens its neck to look bigger when threatened, but it is not a true cobra. It is mildly venomous, and its bites rarely cause serious harm to people.1

Sihlala
Eastern Bolivia to southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, in South America1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
It prefers wet or humid places such as marshlands and tropical rainforests, though it has also been seen in drier areas. It is a very active snake that spends much of the day climbing, burrowing and swimming.1
Ubude
3 m (9,8 ft)1
Ubunzima
4,5 kg (9,9 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-6,7 km/h (4,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
In the wild it mainly eats fish and amphibians, and also takes small mammals, birds and reptiles. In captivity it can be trained to eat other foods.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-False water cobra
False water cobra. Ifoto: Bernard DUPONT. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Background colour is olive green or brown, with dark spots and bands over much of the body.1
  • Bands and colour grow darker towards the tail.1
  • Large eyes with round pupils. The tongue is black.1
  • Belly is yellow or brown with dark flecks, which form three dotted lines. Males tend to be yellow underneath and females brown.1
  • Hatchlings and juveniles are much darker and lack the dark eyes of adults.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Its pattern and colouring look somewhat like those of true water cobras (Boulengerina). The easiest difference to see is the hood: when threatened, the false water cobra stays horizontal, while a true cobra rears up.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

This snake has enlarged rear teeth that are not grooved, and they are linked to a gland that produces oral secretions with proteolytic activity, meaning they break down proteins. In the few serious cases, symptoms included severe swelling, bruising, numbness, itching and dizziness. Most bites cause only mild pain and minor swelling.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

Many bites have been recorded, but only four cases of significant reaction in humans are reported for this species. It is considered mildly venomous.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it flattens its neck like a cobra, and can flatten lower parts of its body too, to look larger and more intimidating.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, gcina umntu ezolile kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango. Ezinye iintlobo (njenge-boomslang) zinokubulala kwiiyure ezininzi kamva.

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?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

False water cobra malunga ne-3 m ubude (9,8 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-1
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-17 zilandelelanamalunga nobunzima bekati yasekhayasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-54 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-False water cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Captive-bred individuals can become quite tame and trusting, and many show a high level of intelligence.1

2

Temperaments vary a lot: some individuals are docile, while others are defensive or even aggressive.1

3

Males are much smaller than females, a difference called sexual dimorphism.1

4

It is mainly active during the day, which gives it good daytime vision thanks to its large eyes.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is a true cobra.

Inyaniso: It is not a true cobra. It hoods in a similar way, but stays horizontal instead of rearing up.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Hydrodynastes gigas
Iqela
Iinyoka ezinamazinyo etyhefu ngasemva
Usapho
Colubridae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Hydrodynastes gigas (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrodynastes gigas (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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