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venom in a hurry, wearing the calm of a creature that's never lost a fight
means A fast-moving, highly venomous African snake of the genus Dendroaspis, most famously the black mamba.
from Borrowed into English in the 19th century from Zulu imamba (and the related Swahili mamba), the name of the snake in its home languages — the word slithered northward through colonial encounters in southern and eastern Africa and into English largely unchanged.
- top speed
- slithers up to 12 mph, fastest snake alive
- black myth
- named for inky mouth, not skin color
- two-bite policy
- untreated bite kills humans nearly every time
- kobe's alter
- Bryant adopted the name for cold-blooded focus
- vertical menace
- climbs trees and strikes from above
kobe bryant — nba player who wore #24, scored 81 points in a single game (2006), nicknamed 'the black mamba'
black mamba snake — dendroaspis polylepis, africa's longest venomous snake, found in sub-saharan savannas and forests
green mamba snake — dendroaspis angusticeps, highly venomous african snake inhabiting coastal regions of east africa