SeanBeezy:
Photos Of A Poisonous Snake That Was Killed Today At MOUAU Fish Farm In Umudike

Below are photos of a poisonous snake that was actually captured by a trap today at our University fish farm. I don't even know the particular specie, I hope someone helps me

SeanBeezy:
Even when dead Thank God I no touch am, na by God's grace I take this pictures sef....

sod09:
sure even wen d head is cut off... Day store venom in dere fangs

ringi82:

You are mistaken. What makes you think there are no cobras in Nigeria? I've seen a cobra in the north. It was trapped inside an abandoned and empty swimming pool at the kano campus of the Nigerian law school, bagauda. That was in 2005. We saw it live with its hooded head raised head and ready to strike when we taunted it with stones.
You should also know that black mambas are not necessarily black but got its name originally from its forked black tongue. They are also very scarce in this part of the world, they are mostly seen in East Africa. Source; National Geographic.

ncoolsome:



Pls ooh remind me again..how does a dead snake bite??to many Nigerian home video..even plus people that liked d comment wonder why??

sod09:
sure even wen d head is cut off... Day store venom in dere fangs

arabianights:
what is the difference?

GourmetChef:


Actually, a snake can still bite even after it's killed.

The reason is simple: snakes have extremely sloooooow metabolisms: they use energy very slowly. This means that their brains don't completely or immediately die and are still capable of activity from residual oxygen in the blood up to 30 minutes after bodily death. Thus, a snake's head can strike even after it has been cut off.

Search the internet. There are many stories of snakes biting people after they've supposedly been killed.

Melanogaster:
No, the snake is not poisonous, its called venomous. Olodo

Meanwhile, this topic wont make frontpage

Babzilla:

and you who is so learned to you because its black that makes it a black mamba. You are the one who sounds like a four year old here
If U did your research you will know that the only black on a black mamba is in the mouth

iykenathan162:


I beg to disagree sir, more explanation pls.

arabianights:
OK... But according to my research, it states small pythons. I don't c king cobra swallowing a large python especially a Burmese python. That one na lie. It might be the longest but width plays a part also . what's the largest python you have seen?

donfemo:


A bite even when dead??

GossipHeart:

The name of the snake is Black Mamba

You don't wanna come in contact with that evil

In 2009, i did an experiment with the poison extracted from it's mouth, i mixed it with human blood, the result was scary, in just 2 minutes, it froze the blood

And for the people saying that it's a king cobra, how old are you guys ?? Even a 4 year old kid can tell you how cobras look like but you guys stupidity is amazing

Cobras have flat hooded heads

There are scarcity of cobras in Nigeria

The only cobra you will find in Africa is the black-necked spitting cobra, and it's only in Mozambique

The second picture i will attach is how a cobra looks like

lozanni:


Yes, by reflex action. Its better to cut and destroy the head completely.
There was a story of a Palm Wine Tapper, around Festac Town Lagos, who saw a tasty looking snake, when he was about to climb a tree to tap palm wine in the buffer zone, along 2nd Avenue, that separates Festac Town from the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The Palm wine tapper killed the snake and put it into his Palm wine tapper's bag, because he felt it could be stolen before he comes down the tree.
While up the tree, the reflex action of the dead snake sprang to life and it gave the palm wine tapper a deadly bite on the chest, very close to the heart.
The Palm wine tapper died before he arrived at the hospital and the Doctor on duty attributed the quick death to the rapid spread of the snake's venomous poison to the whole body by the pumping action of the heart, which was close to the spot he was bitten.


Moral of the story: always cut off and destroy a dead snake's head as it can still deliver fatal bites by reflex action.

GossipHeart:

The name of the snake is Black Mamba

You don't wanna come in contact with that evil

In 2009, i did an experiment with the poison extracted from it's mouth, i mixed it with human blood, the result was scary, in just 2 minutes, it froze the blood

And for the people saying that it's a king cobra, how old are you guys ?? Even a 4 year old kid can tell you how cobras look like but you guys stupidity is amazing

Cobras have flat hooded heads

There are scarcity of cobras in Nigeria

The only cobra you will find in Africa is the black-necked spitting cobra, and it's only in Mozambique

The second picture i will attach is how a cobra looks like

stanlee303:




Hydrous Genus Nerodias are only found in North America.

Donshemzy1234:
Op these your headline enh

Which snake is not poisonous

Ncsamuel:
Thats a cobra nw. Never a black mamba. Black mambas are green. And pls be careful when holding a dead venomous snake, sometimes they can still be deadly. And make una remember say anti venoms are scarce in this country o.

Polyestar:
Here's how a King Cobra looks like. This is no photoshop!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/4571585_images9_jpega2713086b7798d42474fb1a10bb59582

sod09:
venomous snakes store venom in fangs... even went dead for a month d venom is still potent... a scratch of d fang to d body can produce same venom as its alive

SmartyPants:


What does identifying a snake have to do with age now? Why lunge straight for age as your first defence? and what is the crime in bieng young anyway? I have no idea why the "i'm older than you therefore more knowledgeable than you" argument seems to acceptable on this forum.

Now with regards to your false assertions and so-called facts:

1. There are several different types of cobras found all over Africa including in Nigeria.

2. I really hope for your sake that you do not mean to insinuate that cobras always appear with flat hooded heads? wow!! so you really do not know anything an yet are the one making so much noise! for your info, cobras only display display the flared neck/hood when acting in aggression. in their normal state they have a regular looking head.

3. The picture in questions is from my superficial analysis definitely a cobra.

avail yourself of this resource (http://animals.mom.me/countries-cobras-4322.html), and avoid further embarrassing moments.

GossipHeart:


Imported cobras

Laconfidential:



Heard of the Egyptian cobra and Mozambique spitting cobra?..

GossipHeart:


Do you know what i studied in the university and what i do for a living ??

I will school you about snakes

donfemo:



Thank you, well understood but that was not a dead snake. Something which is dead does not come back to life, The palm wine tapper felt he had killed the snake but the snake was never dead. The moral makes sense tho.

sod09:
king cobras are cannibal day kill cobras
day are bigger, more poisonous... pls check google to understand more

donfemo:


A bite even when dead??

donfemo:


A bite even when dead??