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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta

Davart il num: 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

Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta morda, tschertga spert agid.

Vipras da fossa

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

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

Viva en

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

America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

2 m fin 3,6 m (6,6 ft fin 12 ft)1

Paisa

3 kg fin 5 kg (6,6 lb fin 11 lb)1

Sveltezza maximala

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

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

Foto da South American bushmaster — South American bushmaster. Foto: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

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

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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

Sch'el morda

Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 1 giats da chasa

uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 20 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess currer 100 meters en 71 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è South American bushmaster cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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

In uffant sin il velo circa 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Lachesis muta
Gruppa: Vipras da fossa
Famiglia: Viperidae2
Urden: Squamata
Continents: America dal Sid
Privel per umans: 4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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