Mamba

Shelter for Animal | Mamba snake | Although most of you have heard of the deadly Black mamba. Did you know there are actually four different Mamba species? The other three Mambas (Dendroaspis) are, green in color and are called the Eastern green mamba, the Western green mamba and the Jameses mamba also are species that have highly toxic venom which could prove fatal to any bitten human or housecat names can be found throughout Africa.

Mamba snake habitat

Black mambas living in South and Eastern Africa, Eastern Green mambas living in well Eastern Africa, Western Green mambas living in Western Africa. Of course, and the Jameson’s Mamba is living mostly in central Africa. The green varieties are arboreal their Latin name dendro a space meaning tree snake.

Black mamba

Black mambas can be found in trees although they seem to favor places such as rock crevices hollow logs and even termite mounds, actually, especially termite mounds. Mambas typically eat birds, small rodents, and lizards, and usually they aren’t really fathered by anyone else as a means of dinner that’s because of just two drops of their venom at least.

In the case of black mambas can kill a full-grown human.

Mostly everybody in the animal kingdom knows to keep their distance. What’s interesting though as deadly as Mama’s are is that they’re shy in reality and would rather run away from a fight. Black mambas are actually more of a dark brown and sometimes even olive colors their name does not come from the color of their scales but rather from the inside of their mouths Dendroaspis meat during the rainy season occurring between April and June.

During this time males will fight with one another trying to force each other out of trees and pushing opponents to the ground below. They do not bite during this time and typically the combats are more ritualistic than aggressive although in the case of black mambas aggression does occur. Females will lay up to 25 eggs at a small burrow which will incubate for about three months typically.

Green mamba snakes

Green mambas will try to slip away up a tree and black mambas will race away to the safety of a hiding hole and when they saw their away they do so quickly. They can move faster than a human sprinting at top speeds so we recommend not getting on one’s bad side when cornered and forced to attack they will flatten their neck raise up their head open their mouth and hiss. They’re members of the cobra family which is why they do the whole flattened neck thing.

If they do bite they typically do so multiple times in successive hits injecting massive amounts of toxin into the victim there is an anti-venom for Dendroaspis but it’s not widely distributed and some bites can prove fatal in less than an hour’s prior to the creation of the anti-venom their bite with a 100 percent fatal. Green mambas have smaller clutch sizes than black mambas when the yellow snakes hatch.

They are anywhere from one to two feet long again with Green mamba snake at shorter lengths than black mambas the babies are completely self-sufficient from birth and usually have just as much venom as their parents. They can live more than ten years in the wild and captive Dendroaspis have been known to live longer than 20.

Snake length

The Eastern green mamba is the smallest of the Mamba species with the Black Mamba being the largest Green mambas averaged about six feet in length but are able to reach up to over eight feet. Black mambas average 8 feet but can get up to 14 feet in length that’s almost double the largest of the Green mambas.

Green Dendroaspis are greening colors to help them blend in with their surroundings. They are diurnal animals meaning they’re awake during the day this also helps them to catch meals mambas are not gone out and hunt predators favoring a more laid-back sit and wait for style.

Interesting facts

Mamba is used for the name of a candy a computer mouse and even an online dating app it seems a little silly if you think about it it’s kind of like naming your cat Necco but actually calling him. Neko Mamba is also the name bestowed upon the main character of the movie Kill Bill due to how deadly an assassin she is this feels far more appropriate than candy.

Reference: Wikipedia, Britannica