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Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Ku linnya: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1

Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.

Eminya egy'obusagwa

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

Kibeera mu

Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1

Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Awaka

Perenties live in rocky outcrops and gorges with hard-packed soil and loose stones. They are shy and usually avoid people, so they are rarely seen, especially as much of their range is remote.1

Obuwanvu

2,5 m (8,2 ft)1

Obuzito

20 kg (44 lb)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 18 km/h (11 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

Perenties are active hunters that mostly eat reptiles, small mammals and sometimes birds. They also scavenge carrion, and adults can kill kangaroos, using their powerful forelimbs and claws to tear off pieces too large to swallow whole.1

Ekifaananyi kya Perentie — Perentie. Ekifaananyi: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
Limbs are dark with white spots.1
Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.1

Bwe kiruma

Naaza ekiwundu, omuntu muleke ateefu era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Wa mu nsi?

Afirika Asiya Bulaaya Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

kizitowa nga kkapa ez'awaka 5

kiwanvu nga mbwa 2,5 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 14 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 20 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Perentie kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

Kubala bwokka mu browser yo. Tewali kitterekebwa wadde okusindikibwa wonna.

Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

Perentie nga 18 km/h (11 mph)

Omuntu adduka embiro ez'amaanyi nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1

They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1

Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1

Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1

The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1

The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.

Amazima: Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Varanus giganteus
Ekibinja: Eminya egy'obusagwa
Amaka: Varanidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
Abaana abawere: The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Kiri kitya mu nsiko: Least Concern1
Akabi eri abantu: 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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