Talk:Mamba

Black mamba link
Hi I do not know how but id like the Mamba link not to lead streight to the Black Mamba. This is misleading. If one wrote cobra you would not automaticlay be linked to the king cobra or in the case of deer automatically to the Reindeer. There should be a menue where one of the three mamba links could be chosen. (Jimsim 18:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC))

Length
The given source is something vague about the maximum length of this animal. "According to some reports they may grow on exception to 4.5 metres (14.7 feet). Black mambas that reach this size are obviously rare and verifiable data is actually hard to track down." This article evolved this to: "The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is the largest venomous snake in Africa, with an average length around 8 feet (2.5 m), but may grow to over 14 feet (4.5 m)."

In my opinion facts and fictions are mixed up and this is not the way encyclopedias should work.

Walter Schulz (without account) 16:10, 30. Nov 2005 (CET)

yeah, and Black Mamba is the nickname of Kobe Bryant (NBA superstar)

Speed
The only source I found (quick and dirty in Google) is in german only: http://www.schlangenforum.at/aa_buch/biologie/bewegung/bewegung.htm Measured speed "11 km/h for 43 meters". 20 km/h doesn't sound imaginable to me. But I'm not an expert in serpents.

Walter Schulz (without account) 16:10, 30. Nov 2005 (CET)

"Green Mamba" Redirect
Why does "green mamba" redirect to this article, rather than to eastern green mamba or western green mamba? 75.83.199.186 (talk) 19:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction
The Black mamba article says
 * It is extremely aggressive, to the extent that it chases people and horses that enter its territory.

referencing http://www.sodahead.com/question/25053/comment/410155/ but I don't know how reliable that reference is. Anyway, either that article or this one should be fixed. --Slashme (talk) 14:34, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This has been resolved and properly sourced. - AyaK (talk) 16:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Black mamba
I am doing a reserch project on this animal could you give me a little info on the black mamba this is really important —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.74.61.129 (talk) 20:27, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Ranges
The ranges of D. angusticeps and D. jamesoni have been confused (see respective articles). I have made corrections in line with these specific articles. Ptilinopus (talk) 23:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)