Month: May 2022

Black Mambas

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Black mambas live in Africa. They are scary. They don’t have the deadliest venom of any snake, (that is the Inland Taipan) they haven’t killed the most people, (that is the saw scaled viper) but it’s still very deadly and it always kills in 6 hours if the person doesn’t get treatment and it bites multiple times. That’s very scary, and they are aggressive and they can slither along at 20 km/h (12.5 mph). Black Mambas get their name from its black throat and black tongue, which it shows when it’s angry.

According to 100 most feared creatures by Anna Claybourne, the most feared animal is the black mamba, but the mosquito is obviously WAY more deadly because they spread malaria and other deadly diseases. In the wild, the black mamba only lives about 11 years, but in captivity it can live 20 years. Their scientific name is Dendroaspis polylepis.

Black mambas eat rats, mice, squirrels, and birds but they also eat other snakes like the forest cobra. 

 

Here are some facts about Black Mambas:

 

  • Black mamba fangs are 6.5 millimeters long and have 12 to 20 drops of venom
  • Black Mambas are more aggressive than other venomous snakes
  • Black Mambas are the most feared snake in Africa
  • Most Black Mamba bites happen in the upper body

Wolverines

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  Where wolverines live

Here is where wolverines live:

It is good that it doesn’t live near very many people.

 

        Scientific name and prey

 

Their scientific name is gulo gulo. They eat arctic foxes, caribou, they can kill bears and wolves, some snakes, and sometimes they have to eat little things like rabbits and moles.

 

                   Speed

Wolverines can run at about 48 km/h.

How many people die each year from wolverines

You would think that since they can kill bears they would kill a lot of humans per year but there has never been a death from a wolverine that people know about.

 

Elephants

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Kinds of elephants 

 

There is not only one kind of elephants. There is the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.

 

         Speed and lifespan 

African bush elephant  African forest elephant  Asian elephant 
top speed  40 km/h 40 km/h 24 km/h
lifespan 60-70 years  60-70 years  48 years 

 

                       Predators 

African bush elephant  African forest elephant Asian elephant 
Lions Lions  Tigers
Hyenas Hyenas Humans
Humans Humans

 

            Where elephants live

 

African bush elephant:

African forest elephant:

Asian elephant:

How many people die every year from elephants 

 

100 to 500 people die each year from elephants.

Great White Sharks

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                    Size and life                               .

Great white sharks can grow up to 20 feet long, they can weigh up to 6600 pounds, and they can live 30 years.

 

                 Scientific name and prey           .

 Their scientific name is carcharodon carcharias. They eat earless seals, sea lions, crustaceans, other sharks , sea birds, and molluscs but bigger ones also eat small toothed whales like orcas.

 

                            Teeth                               .

 Their teeth can be 3 inches long and 1.5 to 2 inches wide and they have  300 teeth. They can bite with 4000 pounds PSI (per square inch). That’s 300 stronger than a saltwater crocodile!

 

                         Speed

Great white sharks can swim at 56 km/h!

 

                           Enemies                             .

The great white shark doesn’t have many enemies but some orcas and humans do kill them.

Snow leopards

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Snow leopards are big cats that live in the Himalayas and they eat Argali wild sheep, blue sheep, ibexes, marmots, pikas, deer, and other small mammals but their favourite prey are blue sheep and ibexes. Their scientific name is panthera uncia but they’re also called ghost cats because they’re super rare. They can run at 64km/h and they can jump 50 feet! Snow leopards can’t roar, so they mark territory by rubbing scents on rocks, by peeing or by scratching on rocks. They can live 22 years in captivity, but in the wild they only live 10 to 12 years. Fun fact: snow leopards are closer to tigers than leopards!