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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.78,0:00:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the real thing \Nis just as impressive as the legend.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.01,0:00:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The black mamba is one of Africa's\Nmost feared serpents.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.69,0:00:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's all that and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.76,0:00:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Africa's longest venomous snake
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.37,0:00:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing to a length of 14 feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.25,0:00:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also the world's fastest snake
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.52,0:00:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zipping along in up to 12 miles per hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.44,0:00:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its head is often described as coffin shaped,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.33,0:00:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for many in Africa,\Nthis snake is synonymous with death.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.68,0:00:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without antivenin the black mambas \Nneurotoxins can kill a human
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.73,0:00:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in less than 15 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.12,0:00:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While its main prey items include small animals like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.03,0:00:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rats, Bush babies and birds, \Nit's the lethal bite is famous enough
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.66,0:00:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even creatures several hundred times its size, \Nstay out of its way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.43,0:00:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mamba on spy day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.92,0:01:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not afraid to show the black interior of its mouth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.38,0:01:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and scare the daylights out of this herd.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.75,0:01:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does this to avoid being trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.64,0:01:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All it wants to do here is clear a path
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.55,0:01:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the strategy works perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.21,0:01:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't you love to scare people like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.16,0:01:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Haha, sure would make getting through rush hour easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.42,0:01:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for those of you \Nwho've seen enough nature documentaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.71,0:01:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what this means.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.83,0:01:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bush squirrel versus mamba.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.33,0:01:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Squirrels are one of the black mambas favorite meals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.28,0:01:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it gets worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.82,0:01:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The squirrel has a nest of young nearby
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Mamba is just as cosy in a tree as on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.24,0:02:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mamba uses sight and scent to seek out its prey.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.60,0:02:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has the squirrel and its nest zeroed in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.78,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mother stays away,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as for saving her babies,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.97,0:02:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not a single thing she can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can do something,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can avoid the obligatory deadly\Nmamba chomps cute baby squirrel shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.28,0:02:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's cut right to the end of the meal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.23,0:02:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the last few crunches.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.12,0:02:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you appreciated our discretion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.36,0:02:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just be glad as a human
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.61,0:02:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll probably never \Nencounter one of these elusive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.50,0:02:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet aggressive snakes.