When it comes to Africa, everyone must think of the savannah and the lions in the savannah, but in Africa, there are still many amazing creatures. They are magical but not mysterious, because they are known creatures, but their characteristics are very rare. There is a kind of snake, their body color is many kinds, and mainly dark color, of course, in the juvenile period their body color is also more vivid, their color is mainly gray, earth color and dark green three kinds, they are the protagonist of our article today - black mamba.
Why is this snake not black but called a "black" mamba? Its name is mainly due to its mouth, which is also the most obvious difference between it and other snakes. We see that the mouths of other snakes are flesh or reddish, while the mouths of the black mambas are black. So if you travel around Africa and accidentally encounter such a black-billed snake, you will have to wake up the twelve points of spirit, because it is considered to be the most poisonous snake in the world.
Unlike a highly venomous snake like ZhuYeqing, the black mamba is not only poisonous, but also large and fast, and if it is targeted, if you want to escape, you must use all your strength. The average length of the black mamba population is less than two and a half meters, but the longest black mamba can be close to four and a half meters long. It is a kind of cobra, it crawls faster than any snake in the world, the fastest can reach more than 330 meters per minute, close to the running speed of girls with better athletic ability.
Fortunately, the black mamba's extremely fast crawling speed is about the desire to survive that erupts in danger, just like the mother who has been reported in the news to lift a heavy object with her bare hands to save her child, and this speed of the black mamba is only used to escape for life, not to hunt down prey. And the crawling speed of the black mamba will also vary according to the distance, in the short distance crawling, the speed of the black mamba can reach the speed we mentioned above, while the long-distance crawling speed is only about two hundred meters per minute. Even so, because of the poison of the black mamba, humans still have to watch out for this animal.
The black mamba prefers to live in bushes with shorter trees and is widely distributed, and can be found in Africa in the southern Sahara Desert. If you look at the map of the distribution area of the colored black mamba in Africa, nearly one-third of Africa has a black mamba distribution. Moreover, the black mamba is distributed at a relatively low altitude, and it is difficult to see the presence of the black mamba in the plateau.
Since it is the most poisonous snake, can the black mamba run amok in Africa without animals daring to provoke them? Friends who ask this question should not ignore the existence of snake eagles! The snake eagle has a very special thick layer of scales on its legs, which can protect it from snake bites, especially this extremely poisonous black mamba. In addition to the snake eagle, other snakes will also attack and eat the small snake of the black mamba.
There is also a kind of animal that everyone can't imagine, and the cute appearance is also the natural enemy of the black mamba, and its name is "badger". This is a very special animal, their body contains antibodies to snake venom, so the black mamba can not do anything about it. Well, today's introduction to the world's most poisonous snake black mamba is here, if there are any special ideas, please feel free to leave a message in the comment area to communicate with us, we will see you next time.