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'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]

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+== Request for reference ==
-== Should this core page be a disambiguous? ==
-Black Mamba is also the name for the most common bike in Africa - [[Roadster (bicycle)]][[User:Zanes44|Zanes44]] ([[User talk:Zanes44|talk]]) 04:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
-:Nah. It's not the whole article that's referred to as ''black mamba'', just a regional name for the article subject. But even if it were, [[Black mamba]] gets an average of [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=Black_mamba 2,000 daily views] while [[Roadster (bicycle)]] gets [https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=Roadster_(bicycle) 77] so this article would probably be the clear [[WP:PRIMARYTOPIC]]. The [[WP:HAT|hatnote]] here directs to a disambiguation page ([[Black mamba (disambiguation)]]), to which I just added a line for Roadster (bicycle). [[User:Rhinopias|Rhinopias]]&nbsp;([[User_talk:Rhinopias|talk]]) 23:47, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
-::The bike is obviously named after the snake, so the snake is the primary topic. [[User:FunkMonk|FunkMonk]] ([[User talk:FunkMonk|talk]]) 23:50, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
-:::That's… also a good point. [[User:Rhinopias|Rhinopias]]&nbsp;([[User_talk:Rhinopias|talk]]) 00:21, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
-== Bookmark ==
-*[http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/126906680/Unveiling_the_nature_of_black_mamba_Dendroaspis_polylepis_venom_through_venomics_and_antivenom_immunoprofiling_postprint.pdf this] and [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11990107 this] [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 21:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
-*Check [http://snakedatabase.org/pages/ld50.php#legendAndDefinitions this] [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 20:17, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
-== Speed of snake discussed in article is not consistent, and uses incorrect units in one place; needs correction - but I'm not sure of correct answer ==
-"The black mamba's reputed speed has also been exaggerated. It can slither at no more than 16 km (9.9 mi).[14]"  The quoted sentence at the end of the 'Behaviour and ecology' section of the article uses incorrect units of measurement for speed.  Speed is distance per unit time; this sentence uses Km and mi(kilometers and miles), which are units for distance not speed.   Presumably the unit time is "hour", giving speed units of kilometers per hour and miles per hour, as in "The black mamba's reputed speed has also been exaggerated. It can slither at no more than 16 km/h (9.9 mph).[14]"
+'Despite its reputation as a formidable and highly aggressive species, the black mamba attacks humans only if it is threatened or cornered.'
-However, such a speed would be different than  the quoted speed in the introductory paragraphs:  " Over suitable surfaces, it is possibly the fastest species of snake, capable of at least 11 km/h (6.8 mph) over short distances. ."
-:That was a formatting error (wrong units). Fixed now [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 13:32, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
+Also why there is no edit button for this page?
-I don't know what the right numbers are for the top speed of this type of snake.   Perhaps use the range "11-16 km/hr"?
-[[User:SuperNuc|SuperNuc]] ([[User talk:SuperNuc|talk]]) 10:02, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
+[[User:Myhappytime2022|Myhappytime2022]] ([[User talk:Myhappytime2022|talk]]) 23:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
+:{{ping|Myhappytime2022}}  this article is [[WP:PPLIST|semi-protected]], that means that you need to be a [[WP:AUTOC|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  [[User:Alexcalamaro|Alexcalamaro]] ([[User talk:Alexcalamaro|talk]]) 08:23, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
-== Range map ==
+== king cobra ==
+the eat you to [[Special:Contributions/99.45.174.76|99.45.174.76]] ([[User talk:99.45.174.76|talk]]) 18:43, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
-Was about to nominate after closing peer review and realised it needs a sourced and more accurate range map. Will have a look around... [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 05:04, 7 January 2019 (UTC)