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Mozambique spitting cobra

Naja mossambica

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你或朝你眼睛吐毒液，赶快求助。

会喷或会吐吃：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

生活在

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

非洲

首页

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

长度

90 cm到1.5 m (3 ft到5.1 ft)1

最高速度

约 6.9 公里/小时（4.3 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

毒液之力

会喷或会吐

它会向攻击者喷射刺激性液体。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果它咬人或吐毒液

让人保持安静不动，摘下戒指和紧身物品，尽快送医院：抗毒血清是治疗方法。
如果毒液被喷进眼睛，立刻用大量清水冲洗。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果它咬了你或朝你眼睛吐了毒液：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 9 根香蕉首尾相接一样长52 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Mozambique spitting cobra和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

Mozambique spitting cobra 约 6.9 公里/小时 (4.3 mph)

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

给毒液专家

学名: Naja mossambica
类别: 眼镜蛇、曼巴蛇和环蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: It lays clutches of 10 to 22 eggs. Each hatchling is 23 cm to 25 cm long, including the tail.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3