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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Black is the absence of color.
Thanks for the reminder about Perez Prado.
Ray Briem used to play his music on his talk show in the early ‘90’s. (Clinton conspiracy days. :)
Patricia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtQKHYo4DGs
With dancers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4_s6YfLil8
We just had a POTUS called omamba.
What could go wrong?
I think it’s a petunia.
Yeah, as I said, could be a false positive. Malwarebytes is the best there is for handling malware, but once in a great while it makes a bad call.
It wasn’t objecting to anything about the image itself, just the website that it’s coming from - getjar.com - though I think there might be some kind of problem with the site - my browser (Mozilla) can’t load it, I get an “Unable to connect” message.
My best friend owns the Catoctin Mountain Wildlife Preserve Park in Thurmont, MD near Camp David. The park is sponsored by the Global Wildlife Tru7st. They maintain the largest collection of deadly animals in captivity. Several mambas are on display.
This is a beautiful small zoo of some 40 acres with safari rides, countless birds, large ponds, and an impressive collection of monkeys, hoofed animals, wolves and tigers. Their snow leopards are fascinating.
Ric and Mary Ann Hahn and their son, Callan, have been operating this amazing park for nearly 60 years.
Hum.
That’s weird.
I’m going to ask admin to remove it.
May I please ask for this image in my post #9 of this thread to be removed.
I’m worried it may be hot linking to something fishy.
snek bump
“I’m going to ask admin to remove it.”
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Naw, no need to do that, I’m pretty sure it’s just on my end.
Nah, I sent it, better to be safe than sorry I think.
#3 It is a petting zoo!....
You can, but there’s really no need to, esp since nobody else got a red flag raised. But it’s thoughtful of you to be so considerate, anyway.
That’s the first thing that came to my mind.
“Black Mamba Snakes can reach speeds of nearly 13 miles per hour”
Yeah, but they’re using nitrous.
I find it hard to believe that there are people out there who don’t know that snakes are EVIL.
Just explaining the names
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