100 Great Wildlife Records Nepomniachtchi Nikolay Nikolayevich
FASTEST SNAKE - BLACK MAMBA
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), with a speed of 19 km/h, is the most fast snake in the world. She is able to sting even at head level. The snake reaches more than 4 m in length. Adults are dark brown or black on top, and their ventral side is light brown or off-white. Young specimens are green in color.
The black mamba is distributed from Senegal to Somalia and from Ethiopia to South West Africa. However, it does not penetrate tropical rain forests the Congo basin. This snake is less than other species adapted to life on trees and usually keeps among sparse tree or shrub vegetation. When irritated or disturbed, the black mamba opens its mouth wide as a threat.
Mambas are the true scourge of Africa. Neither cobras nor vipers are feared here as much as these, mostly arboreal, snakes. There have been cases of people dying within 20 minutes of being bitten. In the branches of trees, this snake is perhaps even more swift.
"Born to crawl cannot fly!" - considered Maxim Gorky. But the classic was wrong. Thin big-eyed snakes from the genus chrysopelea (a subfamily of false snakes), living in Indonesia, the Philippines, South China and Sri Lanka, overcome a distance of 60–80 m through the air. At the same time, they have no wings! These wonderful creatures start from the tops tall trees, along the branches of which, by the way, they jump no worse than squirrels. And one more remarkable fact: they fly irregularly, but only when they are overcome by unbearable hunger.
It has long been known that some snakes hear perfectly and react vividly to music. It is on this ability that the “spell of snakes” (again, we are talking about cobras) is based in the countries of the East. Previously, it was believed that poisonous reptiles were deeply indifferent to what melody the "tamer's" flute played. However, recent studies have led to sensational results: snakes feel the music very sensitively and treat the compositions they perform differently, as evidenced by their behavior during the session. To the soundtrack of the classical works of Mozart, Handel and Ravel, the cobras dance with obvious pleasure, closing their eyes; rock compositions make their movements sharp and nervous; and Russian pop causes lethargy and apathy.
Everyone knows that the snake is the emblem of medicine. What exactly? Ancient myths call as such a half-meter grayish-yellow Aesculapius snake with white spots on its back, living in southern Europe. terrible epidemic the plague that raged in Ancient Rome, stopped when the embassy of the Eternal City delivered this snake to its homeland from the Greek Epidaurus, where it lived in the temple of the god Asclepius. The Romans immediately declared the glorious animal sacred and associated it with medicine for centuries.
Worst Enemies poisonous snakes known: a man, a mongoose, a hedgehog, a secretary bird ... But the worst thing, probably, for snakes ... a pig. Rattlesnakes at one time pretty annoyed American farmers. They found a way to deal with them by accident, noticing once how one pig trampled and ate a snake, whose bite is fatal to a man, a bull and a horse. Therefore, before plowing up again, the owners let a herd of pigs into the field and after that calmly cultivated the land in full confidence that there were no rattling reptiles left.
American researchers claim that the very biblical tempter snake, from which the history of mankind began, is the Asian apple snake - the only snake that eats apples and climbs trees. By the way, today there are almost no such snakes in nature - they are exterminated.
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Approaching year of the snake on eastern horoscope, and why not dedicate today's post to him? Let's sit and talk about what species of these mysterious animals exist on our planet, in what conditions they live, what they eat, how they reproduce. There are many varieties of them, some live underground, others underwater. Some are poisonous, others are not, of various colors and sizes, viviparous and those that lay eggs.
But let's remember today record-breaking snakes: the most-most.
The longest snake- This is an anaconda boa constrictor. It lives in the swampy shores of the Amazon and feeds on fish, small animals and birds. The maximum length of the boa constrictor that was recorded reached 11.43 m, it was this “snake” that got into Guinness book record holders.
And in Egypt, during excavations, the remains of an ancient snake, the Giant African Python, were found, its estimated length was 11.8 m.
And only recently, in 2002, a reticulated python was found on the island of Sumatra, the length of which was 14.85 m and a weight of 447 kg. Now he lives in a menagerie on about. Java is proudly called Guihua.
The largest snake that lives in captivity in this moment located in the terrarium of the New York Zoological Society , this is a Giant (green) anaconda, 9 m long and weighing 130 kg.
The largest venomous snake- King cobra, it lives in India and Indochina. The length of these reptiles can reach up to 5.5 meters. They very often live next to a person, the reason for which was cutting down rainforest. Cobra feeds, oddly enough, on other types of snakes. There are times when she can attack them when they are already hunting prey.
The smallest snake- Brahmin blind or blind snake, (more like a fattened earthworm), lives on the island of Nosy Be, near Madagascar.
The length of this baby is only 10 cm. This snake shares the championship with a two-lined narrow-mouthed snake. It can only be found on the islands of Martinique, Santa Lucia and Barbados in the Caribbean. The "shortest" snake of this species had a length of 108 millimeters.
The shortest venomous snake- African viper. It lives on the coast of Namibia in the sand dunes. Its average length is 20-23 cm. It has a very unusual way of hunting, the snake digs into the sand, while only the eyes and the tip of the tail stick out, which serves as bait. These reptiles get the necessary moisture from their victims. They also lick condensation off themselves, which allows them to survive in such harsh conditions without water.
The thinnest snake- this is an ordinary belt-like. Its length is 2 meters, while its thickness is 1-2 cm. The snake looks rather unusual - the head is much larger than the body. They live exclusively on trees and feed on snails and slugs. Their weapon for hunting - pointed fangs are safe for humans.
The fastest snake on the planet - black mamba, it lives in Africa. It is almost impossible to escape from this snake, its average speed is 11 kilometers per hour, and on flat terrain, with short throws, the speed can reach 16-19 km / h.
In addition, the black mamba deserved the title most venomous land snake on the planet, sharing it with Taipan, from whose bites 80% of the victims die (moreover, one dose of its poison can kill 100 people).
Most a large number of poison, 6 ml, the king cobra secretes at a time.
The most venomous sea snake- Belcher's sea serpent. With one bite, the venom released can cause death in 250,000 mice.
The most accurate snake on the planet - ringal. She lives in South Africa and India. She can spit poison at her victim from a distance of 5 meters, and she aims at the victim's eyes. Another snake that "shoots" poison over long distances is the African spitting cobra, its spit flies 2-3 meters.
The most common snake- an ordinary viper, which, moreover, is not afraid of cold weather.
This snake is the only one that can be found in the north (even beyond the Arctic Circle).
The oldest snake considered a common boa constrictor named Popeye (Popeye), he died at the Philadelphia Zoo on April 15, 1977. and lived 40 years and 3.5 months.
The longest-starving snake - viper snake habu lived without food for 3 years and 3 months (almost like in a fairy tale, only in a very sad one).
There are other types of snakes that can be called "flying"- this tree snakes. They live in the tropics and are amazingly able to maneuver between trees and can even go around them. This opportunity gives them an S-shape, and they seem to glide through the air.
Exists on our planet snake with the highest thermoregulatory capacity- This is a hieroglyphic python, it lives throughout Africa. The female spirals around the eggs with her body, and the female's body temperature becomes 7 degrees higher than the environment.
AND absolute record, which applies to all snakes, is the number of vertebrae. It is snakes that are those vertebrates in which the number of vertebrae is maximum - up to 435.
In conclusion, I would like to say that no matter what the snake is, small or large, poisonous or not, it must be treated with respect and caution.
P.S. The frightening ability of some snakes to absorb prey that is much larger than their own size. See photo.
Before you is a black mamba - the fastest snake in the world. The speed of its movement reaches 23 kilometers per hour or 6.4 meters per second, but only at short distances. True, the reptile uses its speed more often to escape from enemies, since it hunts while sitting in ambush, waiting for its prey.
The mamba is found from Senegal to South West Africa. It lives on the ground among shrubs and grass. It crawls on trees extremely rarely, as it is poorly adapted to life on them. At the same time, it often settles in fields among deep thickets. Since the lands are often cultivated by workers, and even manually, they are attacked by a snake. Virtually no one survives.
The average length is 2.5-3 m, although sometimes specimens up to 4.5 m long are found in nature. Juveniles are greenish in color, while adults are black or brown, while the abdomen is white or light brown . It is famous for its aggressive nature - it usually attacks first. Leaning on the tail, it raises the front of the body and makes an instant throw towards its prey, immediately inflicting a bite.
Snake venom is incredibly toxic. Contains dendrotoxins, cardiotoxins, neurotoxins, blockers of voltage-dependent potassium channels of nerve fibers and blockers of muscarinic cholinergic receptors. For one bite, it introduces about 100-150 mg of poison, in rare cases - up to 400 mg. At the same time, the lethal dose for a person is only 10-15 mg, and for an animal it is even less. If the antidote is not administered within the first minute, the probability of death can reach 100 percent.
Pronghorn. This elegant creature is the fastest land animal North America, developing speed under 90 km / h. In a short distance, the pronghorn would not be able to overtake the cheetah, but would easily break away from him on any long track. Hardiness allows pronghorns to migrate hundreds of kilometers each year.
Brazilian fold-lip. The fastest of bats, accelerating to almost 100 km / h in a dive. Fold-lips live in large colonies in caves, under bridges, and in old buildings. In the evenings, they simultaneously fly out to hunt, forming a stunning "cinematic" picture. 
Sailboat and swordfish. A curious example of a draw - different sources call either a sailboat or a swordfish the fastest fish in the world, developing speeds from 100 to 130 km / h. One study giving victory to swordfish found, using MRI, that the fish has an oil-releasing tonsil in its upper jaw. Spreading around the fish head, the oil reduces friction on the water and increases speed. 
Calyptus Anna. The top speed limit for this bird is 80 km/h, which doesn't seem like much of an achievement until you appreciate its size. Biologist Christopher Clark of the University of California at Berkeley calculated that at this speed, a hummingbird covers 385 body sizes per second, experiencing the strongest g-forces of 10G. 
Cheetah. Far from the fastest animal on Earth, inferior to birds, fish and even insects, but still the fastest land and the fastest mammal. Reaches speeds of more than 100 km / h, accelerating from 0 to 100 in three seconds. 
Black marlin. According to the BBC, the maximum speed developed by black marlin is 130 km/h. It was measured by how quickly the line was reeled off the rod when a fish was caught, which is a somewhat controversial method. Was the boat moving at that moment, was the fish swimming in a straight line? Either way, it's no surprise that at this rate, black marlin are very popular with sport fishermen. 
horsefly. If you've ever been chased by one of these biting creatures, you know how fast they are. Jerry Butler, an entomologist at the University of Florida, states that an adult male Hybomitra horsefly can reach speeds in excess of 144 km/h. True, it is difficult to accurately measure the speed of an insect due to size, non-linearity of flight, and other factors. 
Needle-tailed swift. This bird has a speed of almost 170 km/h, making it the fastest flying animal. It lives in Asia and Australia, occasionally flying to Europe. 
Mite. If we take the fastest animal in the world in relation to the length own body, then no one will keep up with the tick of the species Paratarsotomus macropalpis. In a second, it covers a distance of 320 of its own dimensions - the same as people would accelerate to 2090 km / h. 
Peregrine falcon. Although the peregrine falcon flies slower than the needle-tailed swift, in a dive for prey, it accelerates to 390 km / h. The claw strike after acceleration is so strong that it can tear off the victim's head. 
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The world of animals has its record holders.
Find out the answers to the questions of who in the animal world flies, swims, runs or crawls the fastest.
Here you can learn about the fastest of its kind representatives of the animal world.
This bird of prey from the falcon family can be seen on almost all continents, with the exception of Antarctica.
In nature, there are about 17 subspecies of peregrine falcons.
On our planet, it is not only the fastest bird, but also the fastest living creature.
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According to experts, in a fast dive flight, the peregrine falcon can reach speeds of up to 322 km/h.
But it is worth noting that in horizontal flight the peregrine falcon gives way to the swift, in which the horizontal flight speed can reach 111 km / h.
At the moment, these thoroughbred riding horses are considered the fastest. If you choose a specific representative, then the fastest is the thoroughbred stallion Beach Rekit.
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He was able to set an absolute record among domestic breeds. During the 409.26 meter race in Mexico, Beach developed top speed equal to 69.69 km/h. At all average speed English racehorses is 60 km/h.
This sea fish from the perch-like order, lives in all the oceans of the Earth, preferring tropical, subtropical and temperate waters.
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It is worth noting that the sailboat is an active predator and is capable of speeds up to 100 km/h.
During experiments at a fishing camp in Long Key, Florida, USA, this fish was able to swim 91 meters in 3 seconds, which is equal to a speed of 109 km/h.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal. It differs from other felids in that it does not hunt prey, sitting in ambush, preferring to pursue it.
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First, the cheetah approaches its prey at a distance of about 10 meters, not particularly trying to be stealthy, and then tries to catch potential prey in a short run. During the race, he can reach speeds of up to 110-115 km / h, while he develops a speed of 75 km / h in 2 seconds. It is also worth noting that the cheetah runs in jumps 6-8 meters long.
In general, opinions about which dog is the fastest are divided. Some say that this is a hunting English Greyhound, which boasts a very fast run over short distances, which gives them the opportunity to catch a hare.
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If we talk about the hyena dog, then she
capable of reaching speeds of up to 55 km / h and chasing its prey to exhaustion.
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And yet officially, the most high speed among dogs was recorded on March 5, 1994 in Australia, when a Greyhound named Star Title was able to accelerate to 67.32 km / h.
This short-haired, medium-sized cat breed boasts a full of energy that loves to move and play. Therefore, the Egyptian Mau has a flexible and muscular shape.
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From the Egyptian language "mau" means "cat". This cat can reach speeds up to 58 km/h. In addition, Mau have excellent vision, hearing and smell.
The officially recorded speed of this snake is 11.3 km/h, and this is on the ground. In the branches, the mamba is even faster.
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In addition, she is one of the most poisonous snakes on Earth, and there is no other snake in Africa that would be feared as much as the mamba.
Among reptiles, this is the fastest - in water it can reach a speed of 35 km / h.
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Such a turtle weighs 450 kg, and its body length can vary from 1.8 to 2.1 meters.
However, in 1988, a male leatherback turtle was found in Harleck, UK, with a body length of 2.91 meters and a weight of 961.1 kg.
In this case, it is worth dividing by the speed on the ground and in the air. The fastest insect on earth is the American cockroach. Its speed reaches 5.4 km/h. It is worth noting that in 1 second he is able to run a distance that is 50 times the length of his own body. When compared with a person, this corresponds to a speed of about 330 km / h.
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The insect that holds the record in the air is the dragonfly, namely Austroflebia costalis, which can reach speeds of up to 52 km/h in flight. Since there are different ways to measure speed, experts cannot unequivocally say who is faster, dividing between dragonflies, hawks and horseflies.
