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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta

Ku linnya: 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

Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.

Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)

KirumaKirya: Ennyama

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

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

Kibeera mu

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

Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo

Awaka

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

Obuwanvu

2 m okutuuka ku 3,6 m (6,6 ft okutuuka ku 12 ft)1

Obuzito

3 kg okutuuka ku 5 kg (6,6 lb okutuuka ku 11 lb)1

Embiro ezisinga

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

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

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

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

Engeri y'okukitegeera

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

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

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

Bwe kiruma

Omuntu muleke ateetambula era ateefu, ekitundu ekirumiddwa kibeere ku buwanvu bw'omutima, ggyamu empeta n'ebintu ebinyweza, era omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

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 1

kiwanvu nga mbwa 4 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 20 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkizitowa nga kkapa ey'awakakyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 71 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

South American bushmaster kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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

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

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

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

Omumenyi w'enfumo

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

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Lachesis muta
Ekibinja: Pit vipers (emisota egiwulira ebbugumu)
Amaka: Viperidae2
Ensengeka: Squamata
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Akabi eri abantu: 4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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