#forest cobra

[lovingexotics]

Forest Cobra Naja Melanoleuca Source: Here

[rottenriceball]

A slithery boy who has a mongoose rival He’s straight

[exotic-venom]

(Naja melanoleuca) Forest cobra, black cobra The venom of this cobra is a postsynaptic neurotoxin and bites result in severe neurotoxicity. This species is known to be quite aggressive and is able to raise more than two-thirds of its body off of the ground.

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[bonitanuit]

[exotic-venom]

(Naja melanoleuca) black cobra, forest cobra

       The venom of this cobra is a postsynaptic neurotoxin and bites result in severe neurotoxicity. Ernst and Zug et al. 1996 list a value of 0.225 mg/kg SC. According to Brown and Fry of the Australian Venom and Toxin Database, the murine intraperitoneal LD50 value is 0.324 mg/kg. The average venom yield per bite is 571 mg and the maximum venom yield is 1102 mg.

      This snake can be highly dangerous due to the quantity of venom it can inject in a single bite and its aggressive nature when defending. Death can occur rapidly, within 30 to 120 minutes in severe cases of envenomation. 

      Signs and symptoms of envenomation include ptosis, drowsiness, limb paralysis, hearing loss, inability to speak, dizziness, ataxia, shock, hypotension, abdominal pain, fever, pallor, and other neurological and respiratory symptoms.

[exotic-venom]

(Naja melanoleuca) forest cobra, black cobra

known to be aggressive.

[exotic-venom]

(Naja melanoleuca) black cobra, forest cobra