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Published: 2010-02-06 13:25:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 5790; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 154
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I took this photo at a expozition of live reptiles in the Natural History Museum of Iasi.A single bite from a Black Mamba can kill up to 20 to 25 grown men. A bite from a Black Mamba is 100% fatal unless anti-venom is given in time.
Death can result between 15 minutes and 3 hours depending on the nature of the bite. This involves factors as such as location of the bite, amount of venom injected and penetration of one or both fangs.
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foarte frumoasa fotografia!!
mi-e frica numai cand ma uit la el
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He he.. in cazul asta ai noroc ca doarme !
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nici nu vreau sa mi-l imaginez cand e treaz
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That's not a Black Mamba, though, but a Mozambique Black Cobra. Black Mambas aren't even black, but a light silvery-tan color; "mamba" means "mouth" in Swahili, and the inside of their mouths is a blueish-black, like a Chow-Chow's. They're also very skinny snakes, almost anorexic-looking, with long, narrow, coffin-shaped heads. THIS guy would be worse to mess with than a Mamba, since he wouldn't even have to bite you to envenomate you; this speies can "spit" its venom accurately into your eyes from as much as 10 feet away.
pitbulllady
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