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King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Malunga negama: The genus name Ophiophagus means 'snake eater', which comes from its habit of eating snakes.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 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

Sihlala

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

IAsiya

Ekhaya

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

Ubude

3,2 m ukuya ku-5,8 m (10 ft ukuya ku-19 ft)1

Ubunzima

10 kg (22 lb)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

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

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

Indlela yokusiqaphela

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

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana ziyingozi emhlabeni.

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

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

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

Ukuba siyaluma

After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.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?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2,5

ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-6 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-32 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-36 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-King cobra mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

King cobra malunga ne-10 km/h (6,2 mph)

Umntwana okhwele ibhayisekile malunga ne-12 km/h (7,5 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: King cobras are aggressive and attack people on sight.

Inyaniso: 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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Ophiophagus hannah
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAsiya
Iintsana: It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
Imeko yaso endle: Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
Ingozi ebantwini: 5 / 5: Siyabulala3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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