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The black Mamba is Africa's deadlest snake known.<br />Jaws: The lower jaw can be temporarily dislocated to the snake to swallow prey that is much larger than its own head.<br /><br />Posture: Even when moving at speed the black mamba can hold its head about 50cm off the ground.<br /><br />Speed: Over long distances it travels at about 11km/h in short bursts.<br /><br />Colouration: Grey-brown upper parts, with paler grey underbelly.<br /><br />Striking Position: The black mamba is long and powerful, and can lift the front part of its body up to 1m from the ground when striking.<br /><br />The Green Mamba: Smaller, shyer and less poisonous than the black mamba. Lives in eastern and southern Africa.<br /><br />The black mamba requires frequent food as it is active and moves at high speeds. <br /><br />It hunts rodents, birds, lizards, bats and other small mammals. <br /><br />It strikes accurately and at lightning speed with its fangs.<br /><br />It has extremely keen eyesight and can lift its head and the front of its body about 1m off the ground when striking.<br /><br />It injects lethal venom through two hollow fangs at the front of its mouth. <br /><br />The venom attacks the nervous system and rapidly suffocates the victim. <br /><br />Enzymes in the snake's saliva and venom start to digest the prey even before it reaches the stomach.<br /><br />The black mamba's high rate of digestion ensures that most prey is completely digested within a few hours.<br /><br />* The black mamba is the fastest snake in the world, reaching speeds of 23km/h over short distances. <br /><br />* The black mamba can digest an animal the size of a large rat within nine hours.<br /><br />* Snakes such as the black mamba are dark-skinned to enable their bodies to absorb a lot of radiant heat. Desert dwelling snakes are often paler to reflect heat, preventing overheating.<br /><br />* The venom of both the black and green mamba is 'milked' from the fangs and used in medical research.<br /><br />Now what else you need to know?
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