Talk:Black mamba

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March 3, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
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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.

Should this core page be a disambiguous?

Black Mamba is also the name for the most common bike in Africa - Roadster (bicycle)Zanes44 (talk) 04:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 2,000 daily views while Roadster (bicycle) gets 77 so this article would probably be the clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The hatnote here directs to a disambiguation page (Black mamba (disambiguation)), to which I just added a line for Roadster (bicycle). Rhinopias (talk) 23:47, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The bike is obviously named after the snake, so the snake is the primary topic. FunkMonk (talk) 23:50, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's… also a good point. Rhinopias (talk) 00:21, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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this and this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Check this Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:17, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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]"

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 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:32, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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"? SuperNuc (talk) 10:02, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Range map

Was about to nominate after closing peer review and realised it needs a sourced and more accurate range map. Will have a look around... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:04, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]