Katrina Korona Black, Project 032989 a.k.a Black Mamba

[Chatte]

portrayed by : Christina Aguilera



This post has been edited by Chatte on Mar 4 2008, 10:21 PM

[Katrina Korona Black]

Name of character: Project 032989 aka Katrina Korona Black

Nick Name: Black Mamba

Stat: evil

Age: 25

Type of mutant : Feral- Insecta(Arachnid)/Reptile(Snake) - Scorpion - Black Mamba

Powers Black Mamba

The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a highly aggressive and venomous elapid snake. It is the largest venomous snake in Africa and the second largest venomous snake in the world. The black mamba is reputed to be the fastest moving snake in the world, and has been claimed to move at up to 20 km/h (12.5 mph).

Behavior
The Black Mamba is one of the deadliest snakes in the world. A single bite may inject enough venom to kill from 20-40 grown men, easily killing one unless the appropriate anti-venom is administered in time. When cornered, they will readily attack.[2] When in the striking position, the mamba flattens its neck, hisses very loudly and displays its inky black mouth and deadly fangs. It can rear up around one-third of its body from the ground[1] which allows it to reach heights of approximately four feet (1.21 meters).[2] When warding off a threat, the black mamba usually delivers multiple strikes, injecting its potent neuro- and cardiotoxin with each strike, often attacking the body or head, unlike most other snakes.[3]

If left undisturbed, Black Mambas tend to live in their lairs for long periods of time, which are often vacated insect mounds or hollow trees. Black mambas are diurnal snakes that hunt prey actively day or night. When hunting small animals, the Black Mamba delivers a single deadly bite and backs off, waiting for the neurotoxin in its venom to paralyze the prey. When killing a bird, however, the Black Mamba will cling to its prey, preventing it from flying away.

Venom
Black mambas are among the ten most venomous snakes in the world. Black mamba venom can kill a human in 20 minutes. With a LD50 of 0.25-0.32 mg/kg, the black mamba is 3 times as venomous as the Cape Cobra, 5 times as venomous as the King cobra and about 40 times as venomous as the Gaboon viper.[4] Black mamba venom contains powerful, fast-acting neurotoxins and cardiotoxins, including calciseptine.[5] Its bite delivers about 100-120 mg of venom on average, however it can deliver up to 400 mg of venom; 10 to 15 mg is deadly to a human adult. The initial symptom of the bite is local pain in the bite area, although not as severe as snakes with hemotoxins. The victim then experiences a tingling sensation in the extremities, drooping eyelids (eyelid ptosis), tunnel vision, sweating, excessive salivation, and lack of muscle control (specifically the mouth and tongue). If the victim does not receive medical attention, symptoms rapidly progress to nausea, shortness of breath, confusion, and paralysis. Eventually, the victim experiences convulsions, respiratory failure, and coma, and dies due to suffocation resulting from paralysis of the muscles used for breathing. Without treatment the mortality rate is 100%,[1] the highest among venomous snakes.

Scorpion

Scorpions are opportunistic predators of small arthropods and insects. They use their chela (pincers) to catch the prey initially. Depending on the toxicity of their venom and size of their claws, they will then either crush the prey or inject it with neurotoxic venom. The neurotoxins consist of a variety of small proteins as well as sodium and potassium cations, which serve to interfere with neurotransmission in the victim. Scorpions use their venom to kill or paralyze their prey,in general it is fast acting, allowing for effective prey capture.
Scorpion venoms are optimised for action upon other arthropods and therefore most scorpions are relatively harmless to humans; stings produce only local effects (such as pain, numbness or swelling). A few scorpion species, however, mostly in the family Buthidae (Katrina's type) , can be dangerous to humans.The scorpion which is responsible for the most human deaths is the Androctonus australis.

Past: A test tube baby like other projects, to create the perfect human, Katrina had a rough life. Her most time spent at Genome X together with all the training got her sick. She wasn't the type to obey. So once day when she had enough, she put in practice all that Genome X had taught her. She managed to escape Genome X and started to look for her parents. She had ones but she didn't knew it until one day when she stick her nose into secret files among the others of the Genome X.

To bolster her compromised immune system, Genome X scientists spliced Katrina's DNA with that of a scorpion before she was born. As a result, Katrina could sprout deadly stingers from her wrists and release a pink pheromone gas from neck pores which caused men to become obsessed with her. Later, on the age of 10 her other hybrid part came to the surface...the reptile part of her. Having in her DNA the one of a Black Mamba, Katrina acts like one. She attacks through venom existing on her tongue or in her nails.

She went in Russia where she tried to look for her father, but there she found out she was a test tube baby from the order of her father. She got furious of that and wanted to find her father and pay him back all those years but she found out he was killed in a secret mission he had and found out her mother lived in America. She went back there to look for her.