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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta
Ko faati e innde ndee: Its scientific name comes from Lachesis, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, and muta, Latin for "dumb" or "mute", because it has no rattle.1
Ina waawi wardeIna waawi warde maa so a safraaka. So ŋatii ma, heɓ ballal law.
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The South American bushmaster is one of the longest vipers in the world, and it is the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere. It lives in the equatorial forests east of the Andes and on the island of Trinidad. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Ina wuuri e
South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1
Amerik Worgo
Hello arano
It lives in primary and secondary forests and in nearby fields and cleared areas. In Trinidad it tends to prefer hilly and mountainous regions. In Ilhéus, Brazil, a child was bitten after stepping on one on the way out of a house.1
Juuteendi
2 m haa 3,6 m (6,6 ft haa 12 ft)1
Teddeendi
3 kg haa 5 kg (6,6 lb haa 11 lb)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It eats mainly rats and mice. Birds and reptiles are sometimes eaten. Spiny rats are favoured prey in Costa Rica, and rice rats and agoutis are other favourites. It also eats porcupines, squirrels, opossums, squirrel monkeys and frogs.1
Goonga!Natal South American bushmaster
South American bushmaster. Natal: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Its ground colour is yellowish, reddish or grey-brown.1
  • Dark brown or black blotches run along the body, forming inverted triangles on the sides.1
  • Adults are usually 2 to 2.5 m long, and 3 m is not unusual.1
  • The head is broad and clearly separate from the narrow neck.1
  • The tail is short and ends in a spine. When alarmed it vibrates the tail, which makes a loud rustling in undergrowth.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its venom breaks down tissue, stops blood from clotting, and can cause bleeding. It also has effects on the nerves. At the bite there is pain, swelling, bruising, blisters and skin death. Whole-body effects include low blood pressure, dizziness, vision problems, a slow heartbeat, vomiting, diarrhoea and kidney failure.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Bone sanneIna waawi warde neɗɗo mo safraaka.

Its bites are often fatal. Lab tests show its venom is weak, but the mortality rate of bite victims is high. In reported cases, a 7-year-old boy in Brazil died about 15 minutes after being bitten, and a 5-year-old child in Mato Grosso went into shock about 30 minutes after a bite and died within 90 minutes.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When threatened it vibrates its tail, which makes a loud rustling sound in the undergrowth.1

So ina ŋata

  • Haɗ neɗɗo oo dillaade, deƴƴin mo, jogo terɗe ŋataaɗe ɗee e toownde ɓernde, ittu jabbe e kala ko tiiɗi, yahra mo opitaal law.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

South American bushmaster hedde 3,6 m juutde (12 ft)Welo mawɗo hedde 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Oto hedde 4,5 m (15 ft)

Hol no teddiri?

teddude no ulluuɗi galle 1
juutde no dawaaɗi 4, hinere haa lawoljuutde no banaanaaji 20 sammondiraaɗihedde teddude no ullundu galleina waawi taƴde 100 meeteer e segonde 71 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawde ina sokli 9,6)

Hol no South American bushmaster mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

It is the longest viper in the world.1

2

It is the third longest venomous snake in the world, after the king cobra and the black mamba.1

3

Stress also lowers its venom yield. One specimen's yield fell from 233 mg to 64 mg while it was kept in captivity.1

4

Its name Lachesis comes from one of the three Fates of Greek mythology, who was said to decide how long a person would live.1

5

It rarely lives long in captivity, because stress makes it unwell.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Its venom is weak, so its bite is not very serious.

Goonga: Lab tests show low toxicity, but bite victims die at a high rate, so the bite is very dangerous.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Lachesis muta
Fedde
Ɓoɗɗi wipeer pit
Ɓesngu
Viperidae2
Ordre
Squamata
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Worgo
Bone e yimɓe
4 / 5: Bone sanne3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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