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Mozambique spitting cobra

Naja mossambica

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Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait

Siyafafaza okanye sitshicaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Mozambique spitting cobra is a highly venomous snake from southern and eastern Africa. It lives mostly in savanna, the open grassy country of hot regions. It is special because it can spit its venom accurately, and its bite and venom are very dangerous.1

Sihlala

Southern and eastern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It is the most common cobra of the savanna regions of tropical and subtropical Africa. It prefers places near water, and it will move to water when disturbed. Younger snakes are often seen out in the open during the day.1

Ubude

90 cm ukuya ku-1,5 m (3 ft ukuya ku-5,1 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It eats amphibians, other snakes, birds, eggs, small mammals and sometimes insects. It also scavenges carcasses that are far into decomposition. It has been recorded eating venomous snakes such as black mambas, and it is immune to mamba venom.1

Ifoto ka-Mozambique spitting cobra — Mozambique spitting cobra. Ifoto: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Above, it is slate, blue, olive or tawny black, and many scales have black edging.1
Below, it is salmon pink to purplish yellow, with black bars across the neck.1
Young snakes sometimes have pink or yellow bars on the throat.1
Adults are usually 90 cm to 105 cm long.1
When threatened, it can rear up and spread a long, narrow hood.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Siyafafaza okanye sitshica

Sifafaza okanye sitshica ulwelo oluhlabayo kwabo basihlaselayo.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains a postsynaptic neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves, and a cytotoxin, which destroys cells. Its bite causes severe destruction of the tissue around the wound. Venom that gets into the eyes can cause impaired vision or blindness. Its venom is about as toxic as that of the Mojave rattlesnake.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa. Only a few people have died from its bites, but survivors are mostly left disfigured.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When confronted at close range, it rears up, spreads its hood and spits, usually from a raised position. It may also bite, or feign death to avoid further disturbance.1

Ukuba siyaluma okanye sitshica

Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza: i-antivenom lunyango.
Ukuba ityhefu itshicelwe emehlweni, wahlambulule ngamanzi amaninzi acocekileyo ngoko nangoko.

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Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
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Phi emhlabeni?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

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U-Mozambique spitting 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)

Mozambique spitting cobra malunga ne-6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is immune to the venom of the black mamba, and it sometimes eats black mambas.1

It can spit its venom 2 to 3 metres with great accuracy.1

It can spit without rearing up or spreading its hood, and it can spit from very tight spaces.1

It can rear up to two-thirds of its own length when confronted.1

Hatchlings are already about 23 cm to 25 cm long.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Naja mossambica
Iqela: Amaphimpi, iimamba nee-krait
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: It lays clutches of 10 to 22 eggs. Each hatchling is 23 cm to 25 cm long, including the tail.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

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Mozambique spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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