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Ikhathuni ka-Forest cobra
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Forest cobra

Naja melanoleuca
Malunga negama: Melanoleuca comes from Ancient Greek and means "of black and white".1
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The forest cobra is a large, highly venomous snake that lives in central and western Africa. It is the largest true cobra, and it is one of the few African cobras that lives in high forest. It is dangerous, so anyone bitten needs urgent medical care.1

Sihlala
Mainly central and western Africa, including Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in lowland forest, moist savanna and mangroves in west Africa. It is adaptable and can live in drier areas, and it is often found in and around central African towns. People may meet it in junk piles, unused buildings, hollow logs, holes and fruit plantations, where it sometimes lives in the trees.1
Ubude
1,4 m ukuya ku-3,2 m (4,6 ft ukuya ku-10 ft)1
Ubunzima
2 kg ukuya ku-3,6 kg (4,4 lb ukuya ku-7,9 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-8,7 km/h (5,4 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It is a generalist and eats a wide range of prey, from large insects to small mammals and other reptiles. In some areas its main diet is fish.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Forest cobra
Forest cobra. Ifoto: schizoform. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Forest and forest-edge forms are glossy black, with cream or white chin, throat and belly, and broad black cross-bars and blotches.1
  • The sides of the head show black and white markings that look like vertical bars on the lips.1
  • West African savanna forms are banded black and yellow, with a black tail and yellow lips, chin and throat.1
  • East African coastal forms are brownish or blackish-brown above, with a yellow or cream belly speckled with brown or black.1
  • Adults are usually 140 to 220 cm long.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 a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves and causes severe neurotoxicity. Symptoms can include drooping eyelids, drowsiness, limb paralysis, hearing loss, inability to speak, dizziness, shock, low blood pressure, stomach pain, fever and breathing problems. A large amount of venom can be injected in one bite.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is one of the least frequent causes of snake bites among African cobras, largely because it lives in forests. Even so, it ranks as the 4th most venomous Naja (true cobra) species, and a bite is a life-threatening emergency. Deaths from respiratory failure have been reported. A child in Ghana died within 20 minutes of being bitten by a snake thought to be this species.1

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it raises the front of its body off the ground, spreads a narrow hood and hisses loudly. If cornered or agitated, it can attack quickly.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Most victims survive if antivenom is given promptly, as soon as signs of envenomation appear. Because a bite is a life-threatening emergency, the bitten person needs urgent medical care.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?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Forest cobra malunga ne-3,2 m ubude (10 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neebhanana eziyi-30
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-18 zilandelelanamalunga nobunzima bekati yasekhayasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-41 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Forest cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It is the largest true cobra species and possibly the largest of all Naja species in the world.1

2

It is an excellent climber and has been known to climb trees to 10 m or more.1

3

It swims well and is often considered semi-aquatic.1

4

It does not spit or spray its venom.1

5

It is mainly active during the day in quiet areas, but it can be active at night in towns.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Naja melanoleuca
Iqela
Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho
Elapidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Forest cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja melanoleuca (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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