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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Za dzinali: "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
Ikufuna dokotalaSiipha kawirikawiri, koma kulumidwa kumafuna dokotala.
Abuluzi aululu ImalumaImadya: Nyama
Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

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

Imakhala ku
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Kunyumba
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
Kutalika
26 cm mpaka 56 cm (10,2 in mpaka 1,8 ft)1
Kulemera
550 g mpaka 800 g (1,2 lb mpaka 1,8 lb)1
Liwiro lapamwamba
pafupifupi 2,4 km/h (1,5 mph)
Pamtunda: woyenda pang'onopang'ono
Imadya chiyani?
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
Zoona!Chithunzi cha Gila monster
Gila monster. Chithunzi: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Mmene ungaizindikirire

  • 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

Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: 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

Mphamvu ya ululu

Imaluma

Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.

Ululu wake umachita chiyani?

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

Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?

Ngozi kwa anthu: YoopsaKulumidwa kumafuna dokotala. Imfa ndi zosowa kwambiri.

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

Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?

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

Ikaluma

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Sambitsa bala, munthuyo akhale wodekha ndipo peza thandizo la dokotala.

Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba

Khala wotetezeka

  • Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
  • Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
  • Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.

Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka

Kuti padziko lapansi?

AfricaAsiaUlayaAmereka ya KumpotoAmereka ya KumweraAustralia ndi Oceania

Ndi yaikulu bwanji?

Ndi yaitali bwanji?

Gila monster yaitali pafupifupi 56 cm (1,8 ft)Mphaka wapakhomo pafupifupi 50 cm (1,6 ft)Galu pafupifupi 1 m (3,3 ft)

Ndi yolemera bwanji?

yolemera ngati nthochi 7
yaitali ngati nthochi 3 zoyalidwa motsatizanayaitali ngati zidutswa zomangira zoseweretsa 18 pamzereingathamange mamita 100 m'masekondi 150 (munthu wothamanga kwambiri amafunika 9.6)

Gila monster ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.

Imathamanga bwanji?

zoyenera kudziwa

Mfundo

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

Kuthetsa nthano zabodza

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

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

Za akatswiri a ululu

Dzina la sayansi
Heloderma suspectum
Gulu
Abuluzi aululu
Banja
Helodermatidae2
Dongosolo
Squamata
Makontinenti
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Ana akhanda
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Ngozi kwa anthu
3 / 5: Yoopsa3

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
  3. Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.

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