Information Report - The Black Mamba

The Black Mamba

BY Abraham Tonga

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report .

What is black, fast, cold blooded, lethally venomous and is highly aggressive? Thats right the Black Mamba, the Black Mamba is located in the Savannas, and the rocky hills of  Southern and Eastern Africa it is considered as one the world's most venomous snake.

Appearance

The Black Mamba’s life span is usually eleven years or more and it can grow up to 4.3 metres. It weighs up to 1.6 kgs. It gets its name not from its skin colour, which tends to be olive to gray, but rather to be the blue-black insides of its mouth displayed when it is threatened. http://41.media.tumblr.com/e6b9561e503df91058b7b9e62b59d339/tumblr_mytd2eKnPB1rxxai0o3_r1_1280.jpg

Hunting

The Black Mamba use their incredible speed to escape from their prey, not to hunt their prey. Black Mambas are shy and will almost always seek to escape when confronted. If cornered they will raise up their heads and sometimes a third of their body off the ground, spread their cobra like neck flap, open their The black mouths and hiss. If an attacker persists they will not strike once but strike repeatedly injecting huge amounts of potent neuro and cardiotoxin with each strike.

Diet

The Black Mambas are known as eating small carnivores  such like chickens, rats, bushbabies and more other small carnivores. Black Mambas bite their prey, injecting venom then releasing it. They then follow it until it dies or it is paralyzed. At this point they eat their prey. It does not take that long for the enemy to die or get paralyzed  after getting bitten by a Mamba.

So the next time you see a 4.3 metre venomous black mouthed, snake you know for sure not to go near it or touch it. Be careful because you never know if it will bite back at you. So make sure to give it some space!