1. INDIAN COBRA: NAJA NAJA
GUEYE Seynabou
(ENSMSE)
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2. WHO IS IT?
Named asian cobra or spectacled cobra
Two circular ocelli patterns connected by a curved line
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Spicies of genus naja and Elapida family
Naja pallida
red spitting cobra
Naja haje
Egyptian cobra
Naja annulata
banded water cobra

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It mesures between 1.9 meters in length and 2.4 meters
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His hood can reach 15cm
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It lives in India, Indonesia Nepal, Pakistan, India,
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
It can be found in plains, jungles, open fields and the
regions heavily populated by people
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4. WHAT DOES IT EAT ?
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It feed on rats, rodents, toads, frogs, birds and other
snakes
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Its diet of rats leads it to areas inhabited by humans
including farms

5. WHAT ABOUT ITS POISON?
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Its poison contain a powerful post-synaptic
neurotoxin and cardiotoxin
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Enzymes such as hyaluronidase (degrade hyaluronic
acid)
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Increase the spread of the venom

6. The venom acts on the synaptic gaps
of the nerves
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Local effect
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Pain
Swilling
Blester formation
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Neurological effect
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A progressive paralysis of the scrawny muscles and the face
External ophtalmoplegia
Respiratory failure or cardiac arrest
leading to the death by asphyxiatia
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7.  “ Big four snakes of South Asia” responsible for the
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majority of human deaths by snakebite
symptoms may manifest between 15 minutes and 2 hours
following the bite.
For treating snakebites
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Polyvalent serum
Zedoary, a local spice with a reputation
for being effective against snakebite
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8. REPRODUCTION
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Female oviparous
Lays between 10 and 30 eggs a year, between April and
July
Youngs emerge from their eggs 48 in 69 days later
Lengths from 20 to 30 cm, and already venomous

9. RELATION WITH HUMAN
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It is worshipped in India
Shiva is often depicted with a
protective cobra coiled around the
neck.
Vishnu resting on snake with
multiple heads of cobra

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Used by the snake charmers in India
placed in a wicker basket
In India during the Nag Panchami festival

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION