How to identify the infamous Zebra snake!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2021
- The Zebra snake is one of the 4 spitting cobra species that is found in Namibia and the most common as well.
They are easily Identified by the black and white crossbars, brown head and black neck. Zebra snakes are common throughout North western, central and parts of Namibia.
How does the spitting motion work?
Unlike most snakes, spitting cobras have exceptionally large muscles surrounding the venom glands. Once these muscles squeeze down the venom leaves the venom glands under the extreme pressure. Once this hits the L-shapes bend behind the discharge orifice the venom is deflected forward out of the mouth.
Zebra snakes are predominantly cytotoxic which causes excessive amounts of necrosis (death of tissue). This snake causes no breathing difficulties or any other symptoms associated with neurotoxic envenomations.
Recent studies have shown that zebra snakes cause Rhabdomyolysis (results from the death of muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream. This can lead to serious complications such as kidney failure) and Intravascular hemolysis (bleeding tendency).
everyone who is watching this is either learning about snakes or from raleigh, nc right now lol
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NC resident here. Becoming educated on this snake. There’s one on the loose here.
I'm in NC south of you....saw the video. Guess they captured it and confiscated the rest of his snakes. Scary!
There’s one on the loose in my neighborhood in Raleigh NC, USA so I’m doing my research for when we finally have our face off.
That’s crazy! The best way to find them would be to cruise the roads at night as this is when they move. During the day they like hiding out in rocky outcrops and burrows.
Fortunately they are shy snakes that will try to escape, however when they are cornered they will spit. Hope you guys have expert snake handlers in the area
I live in the triangle area and I’m here too 😭
@@snakesofnamibia3371 we have a lot of pets and kids and definitely don’t have many snake experts lol
This is one snake i dont know much about so thank you for this.
Nice vid! They are indeed quite shy I met one in Etosha and he immediately turned around and left.
We have yet to go herping in Namibia
My favourite snake!!
They caught the one in Raleigh nc
I'm here because of Raleigh north Carolina
❤️ Can you do a vid on Naja Nigricincta Woodi?
Man I have to find one next time I am southern Namibia. They are probably one of the hardest snakes to find.
encountered one in academia few days ago while hiking[behind UNAM main campus].... raised its head when i approached luckily for me it ran as soon as i stopped and backed away..researched soon as i got home.. my ignorant ass didnt know cobras existed in namibia these were actually common here...yeah wont be hiking for a while
Yeah we have about 6 cobra species in Nambia of which 4 are able to spit. In the Windhoek area there are two cobra species. The area of Academia has seen an in crease in conflict especially around UNAM due to the new road and the new development (extension 1)
Can I send you a pic of a golden cobra we found
Shoutout to Raleigh, NC! One of these demons is slithering around terrorizing folks
We had two in our garden in Windhoek - as a child I freaked out with fear. Our dog chased them both times (no way to keep him apart) and got spit at several times, but most of the venom stayed in the thick fur on its head. The first one could be caught (by Helmut Finkeldey), milked and released later, the second one was killed by our dog.
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