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Yellow-lipped sea krait

Laticauda colubrina

Kan doodmaakKan jou doodmaak sonder behandeling. As dit jou byt, kry vinnig hulp.

ByteEet: Vleis

Gevaar vir mense: Baie gevaarlikDit kan 'n mens doodmaak wat geen behandeling kry nie.

The yellow-lipped sea krait is a highly venomous sea snake. It lives in tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific, between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. It spends much of its time underwater hunting, but it comes ashore to digest food, rest and breed.1

Leef in

Tropical Indo-Pacific, from eastern India through Southeast Asia to Fiji and other Pacific islands1

Stille Oseaan, Indiese Oseaan, Filippynse See, Suid-Chinese See, Koraalsee, Andamansee, Timorsee & Arafurasee, Baai van Bengale

Tuis

It lives in coastal waters and on the land beside them, and adults spend about half their time on land. People often meet it because it turns up in the water intake and exhaust pipes of boats, and it is drawn to lights in hotels and other buildings on coasts.1

Lengte

88 cm tot 1,4 m (2,9 ft tot 4,7 ft)1

Topspoed

omtrent 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

Swem, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It mainly eats eels, and also small fish. It usually hunts alone, but sometimes hunts in groups with giant trevally and goatfish, flushing prey out of narrow crevices and holes.1

Foto van Yellow-lipped sea krait — Yellow-lipped sea krait. Foto: Bernard DUPONT. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Black head with a yellow upper lip and snout. The yellow extends back above the eye.1
Upper body is a bluish grey, with black rings of about the same width along its length. The belly is yellowish.1
Paddle-shaped tail, adapted for swimming.1
Between 21 and 25 rows of overlapping scales run along the middle of the body.1

Word dikwels verwar met: The yellow-lipped New Caledonian sea krait is similar. It has fewer rows of scales, and its scales narrow or fail to meet. The dark bands of the yellow-lipped sea krait meet across the belly.1

Gifkrag

Byte

Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

Its venom is a very powerful neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. It blocks signals between nerves and muscles, which causes paralysis. In mice, lethal doses caused lethargy, paralysis and convulsions in quick succession before death.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: Baie gevaarlikDit kan 'n mens doodmaak wat geen behandeling kry nie.

Fewer bites are recorded from this snake than from cobras and vipers, because it is less aggressive and tends to avoid people. Bites usually happen when it is accidentally grabbed. Most sea snake bites happen when fishermen try to untangle the snakes from their nets.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

It is not aggressive and only attacks when it feels threatened, and its tail moves and looks like its head, which can fool predators.1

As dit byt

Drukimmobilisasie: draai 'n stewige elastiese verband oor die byt en dan op oor die hele arm of been, spalk dit en hou die persoon heeltemal stil totdat hulp opdaag.
Kry die persoon uit die water en vinnig na 'n hospitaal.

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?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië Stille Oseaan Indiese Oseaan Koraalsee Suid-Chinese See Filippynse See Andamansee Timorsee & Arafurasee Baai van Bengale

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 3 huiskatte neus tot stertso lank soos 8 piesangs punt aan puntkan die lengte van 'n groot swembad (50 m) in 43 sekondes swem

Hoe groot is Yellow-lipped sea krait in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Mens wat swem omtrent 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Yellow-lipped sea krait omtrent 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

'n Olimpiese swemmer omtrent 8 km/h (5 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Eels from New Guinea, where this snake lives, tolerated doses of its venom about 750 times larger than eels from the Caribbean, where it does not live.1

Snakes moved 5.3 km away from their home islands in Fiji all returned to their home islands, taking an average of 30.7 days.1

It hunts underwater but returns to land to digest food, shed its skin and breed.1

In the Philippines, these snakes are caught for their skin and meat. The meat is smoked and exported for use in Japanese cuisine.1

Females are much larger than males, with an average length of 142 cm compared with 87.5 cm for males.1

It is the most common sea krait found in New Zealand, where it is protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Sea snakes are aggressive and attack people often.

Waarheid: This snake is not aggressive. It avoids people and usually bites only when it is accidentally grabbed or feels threatened.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Laticauda colubrina
Groep: Seeslange
Familie: Elapidae2
Orde: Squamata
Kontinente: Stille Oseaan, Indiese Oseaan, Filippynse See, Suid-Chinese See, Koraalsee, Andamansee, Timorsee & Arafurasee, Baai van Bengale, Die oseane
Babas: It lays eggs, as many as 10 in a clutch, in crevices where they stay until they hatch. Only two nests have been reported in the wild across its range.1
Gevaar vir mense: 4 / 5: Baie gevaarlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Yellow-lipped sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Laticauda colubrina (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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