BLACK MAMBA – Stay Away!
African Safari September 3rd, 2010
SafariKay.com
has been updated with a new article BLACK MAMBA – Stay Away from the “Shadow of Death” by Chitraparna Sinha.
Africa’s largest and the world’s second venomous and deadliest snake (King Cobra is number 1), and known as the ‘shadow of death’, the Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), a tree snake, is found in South, East and in some parts of West Africa. Some African Myths however, about the Black Mamba overestimate the snake’s abilities. The black mamba is not shrewd, intelligent, or anything else that would normally be attributed to humans.
Appearance
Though it is called the ‘Black Mamba’, it is actually not black; it is either olive or brownish gray with little purplish black on the lining of its mouth! It is actually a long slender snake with coffin-shaped head. One look at it and you will think that it is just an ordinary harmless snake!
It is neither strong nor robust but highly poisonous; this poison kills its preys on the spot! It can grow up to 168 inches in length; travel 14 miles/hour along the ground and 7 miles/hour to 12 miles/hour for longer distances! [...]
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