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Red-headed krait
ByteThe red-headed krait is a large, highly venomous snake with a striking look: a bright red head and tail and a glossy black body. It lives in lowland rain forests across Southeast Asia, including on some islands, and it is uncommon. It is a night-time hunter, and people rarely meet it.1
Hoe om dit te herken
- A bright red head and tail1
- A black body with a narrow bluish white stripe along the side1
- Large, smooth, glossy scales1
- Adults can reach 2.1 metres, with an average of 1.2 to 1.5 metres1
Word dikwels verwar met: It is similar to the blue Malayan coral snake, which is also venomous, and to the nonvenomous red-headed reed snake.1
Gifkrag
Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.
Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?
Its venom is a neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, causing paralysis. Victims can stop breathing, which can lead to death by asphyxiation. Between 20 minutes and several hours after a bite, drooping eyelids may appear, along with double vision, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, headache and excess saliva. Symptoms can then worsen as more muscles, including the jaw, become paralysed, and breathing can become difficult.1
Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?
Gevaar vir mense: Baie gevaarlikDit kan 'n mens doodmaak wat geen behandeling kry nie.Bites are reported rarely, and the venom is little studied for this reason. It is not usually considered high risk to people in the daytime, because it is sluggish and hides. At night it is active and extremely dangerous.1
Goeie nuus: dokters het 'n medisyne (teengif) of 'n behandeling hiervoor.1
Wat doen dit as dit bang is?
When disturbed, it presses its head into the ground or hides its head within its flattened or rolled coils. Captives will generally refuse to strike until they have been teased for a long time.1
As dit byt
- Get to a hospital fast. Neurotoxic symptoms can be treated in hospital with antivenin or with drugs that inactivate acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the chemical messenger between nerves and muscles. Symptoms may also settle on their own.1
- Hou die persoon stil en kalm, haal ringe en stywe goed af, en kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit: teengif is die behandeling.
Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels
Bly veilig
- Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
- Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
- As een jou byt: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.
Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly
Waar in die wêreld?
Hoe groot is dit?
Hoe lank is dit?
so lank soos 4 huiskatte neus tot stert
so lank soos 12 piesangs punt aan punt
kan 100 meter in 46 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)Hoe groot is Red-headed krait in vergelyking met JOU?
Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.
Hoe vinnig is dit?
Feite
Its venom contains a novel toxin called κ-flavitoxin, which blocks nicotinic transmission in autonomic ganglia, clusters of nerve cells that control automatic body functions.1
It has short, hollow fangs at the front of its upper jaw, and venom is forced out through a hole near the tip of each fang.1
It is partly aquatic and mainly active at night.1
It was once thought to eat mainly other snakes, but its diet is now known to be much wider.1
Mite-breker
Mite: It only eats other snakes.
Waarheid: Its diet includes skinks, lizards, frogs, caecilians, small mammals and snake eggs, as well as snakes.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Red-headed krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bungarus flaviceps (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
- Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.
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