Annulated sea snake
The annulated sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It is found in shallow coastal waters from the Persian Gulf across South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is special because it gives birth to live young in the water, and scientists have studied how it gets oxygen to its brain while under water.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Greenish-olive above, with blackish or olive bars or rings across the body, broadest on the back.1
- Some snakes are yellowish instead, with a black band along the back and a few black bars on the neck.1
- The bars can be joined by a black band along the belly.1
- Adults can reach a head and body length of about 136 cm, with a tail of about 14 cm.1
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: Zelo nevarnaČloveka, ki ne dobi zdravljenja, lahko ubije.
Če ugrizne
- Imobilizacija s pritiskom: čvrsto ovij elastični povoj čez ugriz in nato navzgor po celem udu, ud imobiliziraj z opornico in poškodovanca drži popolnoma pri miru, dokler ne pride pomoč.
- Poškodovanca spravi iz vode in hitro v bolnišnico.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kje na svetu?
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 2,5 domačih mačk od nosu do repa
dolga kot 8 banan, položenih ena za drugo
zmore preplavati dolžino velikega bazena (50 m) v 40 sekundahKakšne velikosti je Annulated sea snake v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
A 2019 study found that this snake has a complex network of blood vessels in its head, called the Modified Cephalic Vascular Network (MCVN). It helps supply the brain with extra oxygen from water while the snake is under water.1
Its venom gland, spleen, lungs and skin all contain a natural antimicrobial peptide called Hc-CATH, which helps fight microbes.1
Sea snakes have immune systems that let them resist both land-based and sea-based germs, because they meet a different range of germs than land snakes do.1
Although it lives at sea, this snake is a true snake that gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
The peptide Hc-CATH is made from a larger protein of 187 amino acids called vipericidin.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus
- Skupina
- Morske kače
- Družina
- Elapidae2
- Red
- Squamata
- Celine
- Indijski ocean, Tihi ocean, Andamansko morje, Južnokitajsko morje, Koralno morje, Arabsko morje in Perzijski zaliv, Bengalski zaliv, Oceani
- Mladiči
- The young are born alive, in broods of 3 to 16, and each newborn is about 38 cm long.1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 4 / 5: Zelo nevarna3
Od kod so dejstva
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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