Jararacussu
The jararacussu is a large, highly venomous pit viper that lives in South America. It can grow up to 2.2 metres long and is one of the most feared snakes on the continent. Its bite can cause serious harm, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?
The venom contains cytotoxins, haemotoxins and myotoxins. Cytotoxins damage cells, haemotoxins affect the blood, and myotoxins damage muscle. Severe bites can cause necrosis (death of tissue), shock, spontaneous bleeding inside the body, and kidney failure. Many patients also develop coagulopathy, a condition where the blood cannot clot properly.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: Zelo nevarnaČloveka, ki ne dobi zdravljenja, lahko ubije.The venom is potent enough to kill sixteen people. In one study of 29 bites in São Paulo state, Brazil, three patients aged 3, 11 and 65 died from respiratory and circulatory failure, even with large doses of antivenom in intensive care. Six patients had necrosis, and one of them lost a limb to amputation. Bites from snakes over 50 cm long caused the most severe effects.1
Dobra novica: zdravniki imajo za to zdravilo (protistrup) ali zdravljenje.1
Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?
It is described as very aggressive in behaviour.1
Če ugrizne
- Poškodovanca drži pri miru in ga pomirjaj, ugriznjeni ud drži v višini srca, odstrani prstane in tesne stvari ter ga hitro odpelji 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
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
dolga kot 4 domačih mačk od nosu do repa
dolga kot 12 banan, položenih ena za drugo
zmore 100 metrov v 86 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je Jararacussu v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Its venom yield is 1000 mg, which is enough to kill 10,163 rats in laboratory measures.1
Its fangs are about 2.5 cm long, and it can inject a large amount of venom.1
It warms up in the morning sun, then goes out to hunt at night.1
It is ovoviviparous and gives birth to between 16 and 20 young in the rainy season.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Bothrops jararacussu
- Skupina
- Jamičarji
- Družina
- Viperidae2
- Red
- Squamata
- Celine
- Južna Amerika
- Mladiči
- It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs hatch inside the mother and she gives birth to live young. A litter has between 16 and 20 young, born in the rainy season.1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 4 / 5: Zelo nevarna3
Od kod so dejstva
- Bothrops jararacussu (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bothrops jararacussu (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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