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Tour Guide, Moshi, Tanzania
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Mamba, common name for four venomous snakes in the cobra family, found in tropical and southern Africa and also here in Tanzania. Mambas are among the swiftest snakes. All have narrow heads with relatively large eyes. Their venom is potent; a human bitten by a mamba may die unless treated with antivenin. Mambas are mainly tree-dwelling, but the black mamba, which grows to a length of about 4.3 m (about 14 ft), also hunts on the ground. The other three species are smaller and bright green.