adventurotica:This adorable little dude is Pseudohaje goldii, or the Gold’s Tree Cobra. An African
adventurotica:This adorable little dude is Pseudohaje goldii, or the Gold’s Tree Cobra. An African snake which is one of the deadliest animals on the continent. It grows to 7 or 8 feet long but is a very slender, graceful, and quick-moving snake. It has been little studied because it is aggressive and dealing with it is insanely dangerous, as there is no antivenin made and in fact its venom has never been researched. Bites from it are almost always fatal, and it is often mistaken for a Black Mamba by the uneducated, because goldii are actually black, while Mambas almost never are. In fact it is thought by some that misidentified attacks by this reclusive but cranky snake are partly responsible for the evil reputation enjoyed by the Mamba. -- source link