black mambas

Africa's fastest snakes

Black mambas are highly venomous snakes native to sub-Saharan Africa, among the fastest and most dangerous in the world.

The name refers to the dark coloring inside the mouth, not the body, which is olive or gray.

Black mamba also appears as slang for various drugs, particularly potent strains of cannabis or synthetic cannabinoids.

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Categories
Opposites
venom lethality

black mambasgarter snakes

Small striped serpents

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COLORATION (despite the name)

black mambascoral snakes

Venomous banded elapids

habitat/behavior type

black mambassea snakes

Aquatic venomous serpents

pit vipers

Family

black, mamba, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G