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Mozambique spitting cobra

Naja mossambica
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuluma noma sikukhafulela ubuthi emehlweni, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait Siyafafaza noma sikhafulaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

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

Ihlala
Southern and eastern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe1
I-Afrika
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 kuya ku-1.5 m (3 ft kuya ku-5.1 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 6.9 km/h (4.3 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
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
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Mozambique spitting cobra
Mozambique spitting cobra. Isithombe: Ryanvanhuyssteen. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • 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 obuthi

Siyafafaza noma sikhafula

Sifafaza noma sikhafulela uketshezi oluhlabayo kulabo abasihlaselayo.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

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: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

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

Senzani uma sesabile?

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

Uma siluma noma sikhafula

  • Gcina umuntu engashukumi futhi ezolile, khipha izindandatho nezinto eziqinile, bese umusa esibhedlela ngokushesha: i-antivenom iyikhambi.
  • Uma ubuthi bukhafulelwe emehlweni, wahlanze ngamanzi amaningi ahlanzekile ngokushesha.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma noma sikukhafulela ubuthi emehlweni: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Mozambique spitting cobra ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.5 m (5.1 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)Umuntu omdala cishe 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-3 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-9 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-52 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Mozambique spitting cobra mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Naja mossambica
Iqembu
Izimfezi, izimamba nama-krait
Umndeni
Elapidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
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: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Mozambique spitting cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Naja mossambica (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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