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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Tentang nama: "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
Perlu jumpa doktorJarang membawa maut, tetapi gigitannya perlu dirawat doktor.
Cicak berbisa GigitanMakan: Daging
Bahaya kepada manusia: SeriusGigitannya perlu dirawat doktor. Kematian sangat jarang berlaku.

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

Hidup di
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Amerika Utara
Laman utama
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
Panjang
26 cm hingga 56 cm (10.2 in hingga 1.8 ft)1
Berat
550 g hingga 800 g (1.2 lb hingga 1.8 lb)1
Kelajuan maksimum
kira-kira 2.4 km/j (1.5 mph)
Di darat: pejalan kaki yang perlahan
Apa yang ia makan?
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
Betul-betul!Gambar Gila monster
Gila monster. Gambar: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

  • 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

Sering dikelirukan dengan: 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

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

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

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: SeriusGigitannya perlu dirawat doktor. Kematian sangat jarang berlaku.

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

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

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

Jika ia menggigit

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Basuh luka, pastikan orang itu tenang dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

  • Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
  • Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
  • Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

AfrikaAsiaEropahAmerika UtaraAmerika SelatanAustralia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

Gila monster panjangnya kira-kira 56 cm (1.8 ft)Kucing rumah kira-kira 50 cm (1.6 ft)Anjing kira-kira 1 m (3.3 ft)

Berapa berat ia?

seberat 7 biji pisang
sepanjang 3 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungsepanjang 18 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 150 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Gila monster berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

Pemecah mitos

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

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

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik
Heloderma suspectum
Kumpulan
Cicak berbisa
Keluarga
Helodermatidae2
Susunan
Squamata
Benua-benua
Amerika Utara
Anak
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Bahaya kepada manusia
3 / 5: Serius3

Dari mana fakta datang

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
  3. Venom Wiki: tahap bahaya, saiz biasa dan anggaran kelajuan adalah penilaian kami sendiri. Lihat cara kami mengiranya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.

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