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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta

O imenu: 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

Može ubitiBez liječenja te može ubiti. Ako te ugrize, brzo potraži pomoć.

Jamičarke

UgriziJede: Meso

Opasnost za ljude: Vrlo opasnoMože ubiti osobu koja ne dobije liječenje.

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

Živi u

South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1

Južna Amerika

Početna

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

Duljina

od 2 m do 3,6 m (od 6,6 ft do 12 ft)1

Težina

od 3 kg do 5 kg (od 6,6 lb do 11 lb)1

Najveća brzina

oko 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Na kopnu, gruba procjena

Što jede?

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

Fotografija: South American bushmaster — South American bushmaster. Fotografija: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako ga prepoznati

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

Često se miješa s: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Otrovna snaga

Ugrizi

Otrov izlazi kroz očnjake ili zube kad ugrize.

Što radi njegov otrov kad ugrize ili ubode?

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

Koliko je opasno za ljude?

Opasnost za ljude: Vrlo opasnoMože ubiti osobu koja ne dobije liječenje.

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

Što radi kad se uplaši?

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

Ako ugrize

Neka osoba miruje i bude smirena, drži ugriženi ud u visini srca, skini prstenje i sve što steže i brzo je odvedi u bolnicu.

Uvijek prvo nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911). Ovo su opće upute za prvu pomoć, a ne liječnički savjet. Osnove prve pomoći

Ostani na sigurnom

Nikad ne diraj, ne hvataj i ne zadirkuj divlju životinju, čak ni malu, i čak ni ako izgleda kao da spava ili je mrtva.
Ostavi joj prostora. Ako je sretneš, ne paniči, polako se odmakni i pusti je da ode svojim putem.
Ako te neka ugrize: ne paniči, miruj, nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911) ili brzo idi u bolnicu. Zapamti kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaže.

Ne želi ti ništa loše. Otrov koristi za lov hrane ili za obranu i mnogo bi se radije sakrilo. Više o sigurnosti

Gdje u svijetu?

Afrika Azija Europa Sjeverna Amerika Južna Amerika Australija i Oceanija

Koliko je veliko?

Koliko je dugo?

Koliko je teško?

teško kao 1 kućnih mačaka

dugo kao 4 pasa od nosa do repadugo kao 20 banana poredanih u nizuotprilike teško kao kućna mačkamoglo bi pretrčati 100 metara za 71 sekundi (najbržem čovjeku treba 9,6)

Koliko je South American bushmaster velika životinja u usporedbi s TOBOM?

Samo matematika u tvom pregledniku. Ništa se ne sprema niti šalje nikamo.

Koliko je brzo?

Osoba koja hoda oko 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

South American bushmaster oko 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Dijete na biciklu oko 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

vrijedi znati

Činjenice

It is the longest viper in the world.1

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

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

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

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

Razbijač mitova

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

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

Za stručnjake za otrove

Znanstveni naziv: Lachesis muta
Skupina: Jamičarke
Obitelj: Viperidae2
Redoslijed: Squamata
Kontinenti: Južna Amerika
Opasnost za ljude: 4 / 5: Vrlo opasno3

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