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Michael Zhang (October 1, 2016). "The Photographer Who Was Bitten by a Black Mamba… and Got the Shot". Petapixel.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016. Surviving a black mamba bite without treatment is so rare that Laita's story is now mentioned in Wikipedia's "black mamba" article.

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Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

'Despite its reputation as a formidable and highly aggressive species, the black mamba attacks humans only if it is threatened or cornered.'

Also why there is no edit button for this page? Myhappytime2022 (talk) 23:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Myhappytime2022: this article is semi-protected, that means that you need to be a confirmed user to edit it, you'll become one of them when your account be "at least 4 days old and have made at least 10 edits to the encyclopedia". Cheers Alexcalamaro (talk) 08:23, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hilo billo

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

it needs to be the black mamba is 15 ft not 14 ft ~2026-24571-51 (talk) 16:09, 22 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

why does it say the black mamba is 40ft in some places of the article that is not correct ~2026-24988-52 (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

so now before good have a good day ~2026-32655-09 (talk) 15:35, 1 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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