Jump to content

Talk:Egyptian cobra/Archive 1

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archive 1

Untitled

Keep in mind that venom toxicity veries from region to region; even whithin the same species, Naja haje (Egyptian cobra) is generally considered LESS toxi than Naja naja (Indian cobra). Ld-50 for an Egyptian cobra is 1.15 mg/kg. compared to 0.45 mg/kg. for an Indian cobra. Also, the Forest cobra, I believe is the largest of najas, at least in Africa. It is not known if Cleopatra even used a snake to commit suicide but if she did, Naja haje is the likely candidate, although, I'm not too sure it would have been painless. Many cobra bites although highly nuerotoxic, are quite painfull!--Todg 17:21, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't know why the reference I embedded in my change doesn't seem to have saved properly.Prignillius (talk) 17:51, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Prignillius (talk) 06:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Redundant information

Much of the info in the introductory paragraphs is repeated later in the article. I don't really know anything about the subject matter but I just wanted to point out that much of the unsigned comment added by Ce1984 (talk • contribs) 17:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

General Cleanup

I'm working on doing a general cleanup and wikification of this article. I added a map of the range, and am removing the list of countries in the 'range' section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcole (talk • contribs) 22:41, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

it needs a lot of work. FYI, there are three recognised subspecies; Naja haje arabica, Naja haje legionis, and Naja haje haje), and the size differ according to region and populations. 74.83.23.189 (talk) 05:57, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Accuracy

The snake is known to occur in Northern South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Northern Namibia. See http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_egyptian_cobra.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.28.97.194 (talk) 06:29, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on Egyptian cobra. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 12:31, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Egyptian cobra. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

  • If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
  • If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 08:56, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

______________________________________//_________________________________

Egyptian cobras are large snakes so Cleopatra may have used a young specimen and since she had conducted experiments she probably knew the best place to be bitten and that is why she chose the bite to be placed at her chest/breast because it was closer to the heart and more effective, and the subspecie of Egyptian cobra foung on Namibia, Botsuana and South Africa are now known to be a different species known as Naja Annulifera and not Naja Haje as previously thought!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.192.179.72 (talk) 22:31, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Lengths

Naje haje is a large cobra, but definitely not one of the longest in Africa. Naja melanoleuca was split into five different species. The longest Naja meelanoleuca recorded measured 3.2 metres (10 feet).[1] The max lengths of at least three of the other species within the Boulengerina subgenus, including Naja annulata, Naja subfvulva, and Naja savannula (with each measuring upwards of 2.8 metres (9.2 ft), and the longest African spitting cobra, Naja ashei which has a reliable record length of 2.74 metres (9.0 ft) from the Baringo region of Kenya (Pitman, 1974). Compare that to the record length of Naja haje of 2.59 metres (8.5 ft) [2] The Egyptian cobra is closer in size to Naja annulifera, Naja anchietae, Naja arabica, and the larger Naja nigricollis. Pincotti4 (talk) 03:32, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Chippaux, JP; Jackson, K (18 June 2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa (1 ed.). 128: John Hopkins University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1421427195.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ "Naja haje". Clinical Toxinology Resource. University of Adelaide.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Egyptian_cobra/Archive_1&oldid=1060643173"