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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum

이름에 대해: "Gila" comes from the Gila River Basin in Arizona and New Mexico, where the lizard was once common. "Heloderma" is Greek for "studded skin".1

의사가 필요해치명적인 경우는 드물지만, 물리면 의사에게 가야 해.

독도마뱀

물어먹이: 고기

사람에게 위험한 정도: 심각물리면 의사에게 가야 해. 죽는 일은 아주 드물어.

The Gila monster is a heavy, slow-moving lizard with a venomous bite. It lives in the south-western United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States, but it rarely poses a real threat to people.1

사는 곳

South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1

북아메리카

홈

It lives in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland, and shelters in burrows, thickets and under rocks. It spends about 90% of its life underground. It can be seen in puddles after a summer rain.1

길이

26 cm~56 cm (10.2 in~1.8 ft)1

몸무게

550 g~800 g (1.2 lb~1.8 lb)1

최고 속도

약 2.4 km/h (1.5 mph)

땅에서: 느릿느릿 걷는 사람

뭘 먹을까?

It eats small mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, eggs and carrion. It finds prey by smell, using its forked, black-blue tongue, and it hunts by day or night.1

Gila monster 사진 — Gila monster. 사진: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

알아보는 법

Adults are yellow to pink on a black background.1
Hatchlings have a simple, uniform pattern that is less colourful, and it changes over their first 6 months.1
It has a heavy body, a stout snout and a massive head.1
Adults can reach 56 cm in total length.1
Males often have larger, more triangular heads than females.1

자주 헷갈리는 동물: Its closest relatives are beaded lizards, which live in Mexico and Guatemala. In the United States, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard.1

독의 힘

물어

물 때 독니나 이빨로 독이 나와.

이 독(물거나 쏘는 독)은 어떤 작용을 할까?

The venom is made in glands in the lower jaw and flows along grooves in the lower teeth into the bite. It contains more than a dozen peptides and other substances, which cause pain and swelling. Four potentially lethal toxins have been found, which can cause bleeding inside the organs.1

사람에게 얼마나 위험할까?

사람에게 위험한 정도: 심각물리면 의사에게 가야 해. 죽는 일은 아주 드물어.

The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adults. One death has been confirmed since 1930, on 16 February 2024. Earlier deaths involved adults who were drunk or whose bite was treated badly. Bites are painful and can cause shock, but the lizard is sluggish and rarely a real threat.1

무서울 때 어떻게 할까?

Its bright colours may warn predators to keep away, because it can inflict pain.1

물면

Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
상처를 씻고, 그 사람을 침착하게 하고, 의료 도움을 받아.

언제나 먼저 응급 번호(112, 000, 911)에 전화해. 이건 일반적인 응급처치 안내이고, 의학적 조언이 아니야. 응급처치 기본

안전하게 지내

야생 동물은 작더라도, 자거나 죽은 것처럼 보이더라도 절대 만지거나, 잡거나, 괴롭히지 마.
거리를 둬. 마주치면 침착하게 천천히 뒤로 물러나서 제 갈 길을 가게 해 줘.
물렸다면: 침착하게, 가만히 있고, 응급 번호(112, 000, 911)에 전화하거나 빨리 병원에 가. 생김새를 기억해 둬. 사진이 있으면 도움이 돼.

너를 노리는 게 아니야. 독은 먹이를 잡거나 자기를 지키려고 쓰는 거고, 사실은 숨는 걸 훨씬 좋아해. 안전하게 지내는 법 더 보기

세계 어디에?

아프리카 아시아 유럽 북아메리카 남아메리카 호주와 오세아니아

얼마나 클까?

얼마나 길까?

얼마나 무거울까?

바나나 7개만큼 무거워

바나나 3개를 끝과 끝을 이어 놓은 길이장난감 블록 18개를 한 줄로 놓은 길이100미터를 150초에 갈 수 있어(가장 빠른 사람은 9.6초)

Gila monster, 너와 비교하면 얼마나 클까?

브라우저에서 계산만 해. 아무것도 저장되거나 어디로도 보내지지 않아.

얼마나 빠를까?

육지거북 약 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Gila monster 약 2.4 km/h (1.5 mph)

걷는 사람 약 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

알아 둘 만해

사실

Exendin-4, one of the venom's peptides, led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.1

Young Gila monsters can swallow up to half of their body weight in a single meal.1

It can store fat in its tail and survive a whole season on three to four large meals in spring.1

Its venom is thought to have evolved mainly for defence, because its prey is mostly eggs, small animals and other helpless prey.1

It can climb trees, cacti and fairly straight, rough-surfaced walls.1

Its teeth are replaced throughout its life, and broken teeth are replaced by the teeth behind them.1

오해 바로잡기

오해: Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

진실: The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adult humans. One death has been confirmed since 1930.1

독 전문가를 위해

학명: Heloderma suspectum
무리: 독도마뱀
가족: Helodermatidae2
정렬: Squamata
대륙: 북아메리카
아기: Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
사람에게 위험한 정도: 3 / 5: 심각3