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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta
Game da sunan: 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
Na iya kisaNa iya kashe ka idan ba a yi magani ba. Idan ya ciji ka, ka nemi taimako da sauri.
Pit vipers CizoAbinci: Nama
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai haɗari sosaiYana iya kashe mutumin da bai samu magani ba.

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

Yana zaune a
South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1
Kudancin Amurka
Gida
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
Tsawo
2 m zuwa 3.6 m (6.6 ft zuwa 12 ft)1
Nauyi
3 kg zuwa 5 kg (6.6 lb zuwa 11 lb)1
Mafi girman sauri
kusan 5.1 km/h (3.2 mph)
A kan tudu, ƙiyasi
Me yake ci?
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
Da gaske!Hoton South American bushmaster
South American bushmaster. Hoto: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Yadda za ka gane shi

  • 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

Ana yawan rikita shi da: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Ƙarfin dafi

Cizo

Dafi yana fitowa ta haƙoransa na dafi ko haƙoransa idan ya ciza.

Me dafinsa yake yi?

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

Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?

Haɗari ga mutane: Mai haɗari sosaiYana iya kashe mutumin da bai samu magani ba.

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

Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?

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

Idan ya ciji

  • Ka sa mutumin ya zauna ba motsi kuma ya natsu, ka ajiye gaɓar da aka ciza a daidai matakin zuciya, ka cire zobba da abubuwa masu matsi, kuma ku je asibiti da sauri.

Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa

Kiyaye lafiya

  • Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
  • Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
  • Idan ɗaya ya ciji ka: ka natsu, ka zauna ba motsi, ka kira lambar gaggawarka (112, 000, 911) ko ka je asibiti da sauri. Ka tuna yadda yake, hoto yana taimakawa.

Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Yana amfani da dafinsa don kama abinci ko don kare kansa, kuma ya fi son ya ɓuya. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya

Yaya girmansa yake?

Yaya tsawonsa yake?

South American bushmaster tsawonsa kusan 3.6 m (12 ft)Keken babba kusan 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Mota kusan 4.5 m (15 ft)

Yaya nauyinsa yake?

nauyin kyanwoyin gida 1
tsawon karnuka 4 daga hanci zuwa wutsiyatsawon ayaba 20 a jerekusan nauyin kyanwar gidazai iya gudun mita 100 cikin daƙiƙa 71 (mutum mafi sauri yana buƙatar 9,6)

Yaya girman South American bushmaster yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?

Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.

Yaya saurinsa yake?

abin da ya kamata a sani

Bayanai

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

Mai karya tatsuniya

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

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

Don ƙwararru a kan dafi

Sunan kimiyya
Lachesis muta
Rukuni
Pit vipers
Iyali
Viperidae2
Tsari
Squamata
Nahiyoyi
Kudancin Amurka
Haɗari ga mutane
4 / 5: Mai haɗari sosai3

Inda bayanan suka fito

  1. Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.

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