Eastern brown snake
The eastern brown snake is a slender snake that lives across eastern and central Australia and in southern New Guinea. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in the world, so it is important to know what it looks like. It often lives near farms and the edges of towns, where it hunts house mice.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Slender build, with no clear line between the head and neck.1
- Upper parts range from pale brown to black, and sometimes orange or russet.1
- Underside is pale cream or yellow, often with orange, brown or dark grey blotches.1
- Young snakes usually have a black head and may have dark bands or a pattern across the body. These markings fade as the snake grows.1
- Inside of the mouth is flesh-pink.1
Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Large eastern brown snakes are often confused with mulga snakes, which share their habitat in many areas; they can be told apart by head size. Its yellowish underparts separate it from the dugite and peninsula brown snake, which are entirely brown or have grey underparts. Young eastern brown snakes have head markings similar to red-naped snakes, grey snakes, Dwyer's snakes and curl snakes.1
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?
Its venom mainly affects the circulatory system, which carries blood around the body. The main effects are coagulopathy (a problem with blood clotting), haemorrhage (bleeding), cardiovascular collapse (the heart and blood vessels failing) and cardiac arrest (the heart stopping). One of the main components is pseutarin-C, a prothrombinase complex that breaks down prothrombin, a substance needed for blood to clot.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: Smrtno nevarnaEna najnevarnejših živali na svetu.It is considered the world's second-most venomous land snake after the inland taipan, based on laboratory tests in mice.1
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.
- Ugriza ne umivaj: v bolnišnici lahko strup, ki je ostal na koži, preverijo in izberejo pravi protistrup.
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
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 5 domačih mačk od nosu do repa
dolga kot 13 banan, položenih ena za drugo
zmore 100 metrov v 46 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Eastern brown snake v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
In December 2023, an eastern brown snake paused a match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament for 40 minutes until a professional snake catcher removed it.1
In winter, it brumates (goes into a state of rest like hibernation). Groups have been found sheltering under concrete slabs of houses in Sydney.1
Its fangs are small compared with other Australian venomous snakes, averaging 2.8 mm and reaching up to 4 mm in larger specimens.1
Within its genus, it has the largest number of chromosomes, at 38 in its cells.1
Local Aboriginal peoples in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Wiradjuri region had their own names for it, and the Dharawal and Awabakal held ceremonies for it.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: Young and adult brown snakes are different species.
Resnica: Early scientists thought they were different because their markings differ. Later research showed that the markings of young snakes fade as they grow, and all these forms are the same species.1
Od kod so dejstva
- Eastern brown snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pseudonaja textilis (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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