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Mozambique spitting cobra

Naja mossambica

可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠咬了你，或把毒液噴進你的眼睛，要趕快求救。

噴射或吐出吃：肉

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

分布在

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

非洲

首頁

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

長度

90 cm 到 1,5 m (3 ft 到 5,1 ft)1

最高速度

大約 6,9 km/h（4,3 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

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

Mozambique spitting cobra 的照片 — Mozambique spitting cobra。照片：Ryanvanhuyssteen。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

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

毒液力量

噴射或吐出

牠會對攻擊者噴出或吐出刺痛的液體。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

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

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

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

牠害怕時會做什麼？

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

如果牠咬人或噴毒液

讓傷者保持不動和冷靜，取下戒指和緊身的東西，並趕快送醫院：抗毒血清就是治療方法。
如果毒液噴進眼睛，立刻用大量乾淨的水沖洗眼睛。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了，或毒液噴進你的眼睛：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 3 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 9 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 52 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Mozambique spitting cobra 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

Mozambique spitting cobra 大約 6,9 km/h (4,3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 大約 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

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

給毒液專家

學名: Naja mossambica
類群: 眼鏡蛇、曼巴蛇和環蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 非洲
寶寶: It lays clutches of 10 to 22 eggs. Each hatchling is 23 cm to 25 cm long, including the tail.1
對人的危險: 4 / 5: 非常危險3