Deadly Black Mamba faster than people can run

The Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), is an elapid snake and is one of Africa's most dangerous and feared snakes. It has a wide range of known locations throughout Africa. The black mamba is native to Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and the Congo. They inhabit a wide variety of areas that include open savannahs, open woodlands, and rocky outcrops. It is also known for being very aggressive when disturbed or confronted and will not hesitate to strike with deadly precision.

The black mamba is the largest venomous snake in Africa and the second longest venomous snake in the world. Adult black mambas have an average length of 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) and a maximum length of 4.5 meters (~14 ft). Like all other reptiles, the black mamba relies on external heat to regulate the temperature of its body. Of the venomous snakes of the world, only the King Cobra is longer.

The Black Mamba is also the fastest land snake in the world, able to reach speeds in excess of 12 miles per hour (20kph). However it uses this speed to escape danger, rather than catch prey.

The name "black mamba" is somewhat confusing because it contradicts the snake's actual color. Its body is not black at all; the name is given to it because of its inky black mouth. Normally, mambas have a dark olive, olive green, grey brown, or metal color. Some of them have a light band around their body. As mambas get older, their skin begins to darken.

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[Zenji36]

Wheres Kobe?

[ryantrask]

can someone please take the audio from this and dub it over Kobe's 2010 highlights.

[TinkerTailorSoldier1]

Any Olympian & most good college sprinters can run ~10m/s.

The fastest a human ever ran was~28mph, so if these snakes try to take over, there is still hope.

[shakil880bd]

Video is good

[shakil880bd]

@clintonearwalker: Bro, you are awesome! I am laughing out loud. I've only logged in to reply you. Your comment is the funniest comment I've ever seen in youtube. Thanks a lot!!

[TheForwardGaze]

America's Eastern Yellow-Bellied Racer must be the world's fastest snake. I've seen them moving over water barely touching it. They're a blur when they're at top speed.

[Barkermush]

@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD

Yeah, well he just assumed no venom got inside him.

Even if a Black Mamba just scratched me, I would be rushing to anti venom.. I wouldn't take a chance with my life.

[neverlast15]

wow bunch of fucking retards in the internet.

[clintonearlwalker]

5 meters per second, faster than most people can run? I have a feeling that when people have a black mamba behind them, they don't have any problem running faster than 5 meters per second. In fact if it was me the snake would never catch me because he would be to busy slipping and sliding. I'd be shitting all they way out across there.

[Defdoomed]

damn nature you scary

[cogen86]

@braylle1 Nope. It says burst speeds of 5 meters per second. Sprinters can run the 100m in under 10 seconds, so over 10m/sec. I think the video is exaggerating when it says faster than most humans. I'm fairly sure most moderately healthy people (i.e. not obese) can run 100m in 20 seconds. I did it in 13 seconds back when I was at school.