Posted on 10/04/2018 12:54:47 PM PDT by ETL
An Indiana zoo will soon welcome a lethal addition to its animal kingdom: A black mamba snake.
The Indianapolis Zoo is adding the black mamba, which is typically found in southern and eastern Africa, in May 2019. The serpent will join the zoo’s Deserts Dome exhibit, which will feature the black mamba and other exotic snakes, the Associated Press reported.
The black mamba is a “fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive” reptile, National Geographic reported, which also noted this snake is considered to be the deadliest in the world.
The black mamba, which can grow as long as 14 feet, gets its name from the black or dark blue color inside of its mouth. In addition to being lethal, these snakes are also quick: the magazine reported black mamba snakes can reach speeds of nearly 13 miles per hour.
These serpents are shy, but if cornered, black mamba snakes are known to lift as much as a third of their body off the ground, hiss and strike “repeatedly,” according to National Geographic. With each strike, the snake injects a large amount of venom.
Aside from the black mamba snake, the Indianapolis Zoo will also welcome the reticulated and Burmese pythons, two of the largest snake species in Asia, according to the Associated Press.
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Not going to be visiting that exhibit anytime soon.
Just wait until it gets out somehow.
The Cotton Mouth is also far less venomous than the Black Mamba.
Cotton Mouth’s venom is hemotoxic causing localized tissue destruction, whereas Mamba’s is neurotoxic, and is just going to shut it’s victim down altogether.
I always ponder whether some lunatic neighbor may be keeping these kind of wretched things as “pets”.
“fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive”
Sounds like a female democrat.
Hope they have a lot of antivenin on hand for the poor bastards who have to take care of it.
You’re right, that’s the most likely thing to happen.
All I know is Alice that was satisfied with me for 15 years.
Now, she wants to change me.
Norton: Well, she’s got a nerve, she’s got a nerve.
She knew when she married you, she was getting the worst of it.
Ralph: You can say that again.
Well, I’m telling you that if we don’t put a stop to that Carlos, every husband in this building’s going to be in trouble.
(knocking on door)
Ralph: Come in.
Oh, hiya, Mr. Manicotti.
Mr. Manicotti: Hello, Mr. Kramden.
My wife, she’s a-here? Well, she was here a little while ago, but she left.
She leave a note on the kitchen table, she’s coming down here for mambo lessons.
That woman is driving me crazy! All she think about is mambo.
Ralph: There you are, Norton.
Mr. Manicotti: She’s a-crazy! Sure.
All day long, she make a-like this and like that!
Ralph: I told you that Carlos was going to get us all in trouble.
Mr. Manicotti: Trouble? When my Angelina, she make like this, she throw all the dishes off the table...
I would not want to have to handle that sucker at all.
Beautiful animal. I want far, far away from it.
I thought they meant Kobe.
Snake leaps at motorcyclist and almost gets him. Happens in the first few seconds of the video =>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEUnYhJ5mrE
“....the locals working for the expedition didn’t want to camp and spend the night close to where the snake might be..”
As if it was the only one in Africa.
It's been 10+ years and I am still blown away by the story of the tiger in a California zoo who, after being taunted for hours by some teenagers, somehow managed to scale the wall, get out, track the kid down and kill him. Reports say the tiger had passed other zoo goers during his hunt for the teen.
It happens.
Thanks, but can’t access the vid on computer I’m on now.
So I guess Donnely found another gig.
Hey, let's put it in the petting Zoo!
They aren’t supposed to, but I have seen shows on Animal Planet that there are many who sneak awful snakes into the US. Some end up dead by their own snakes.
I read some story about a man finding an awful snake in his toilet a while back. Ever since that, (heh) I always turn the light on and look first.
I hate snakes.
Irwin, “Crickey, she’s a beauty.”
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