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Perentie

Varanus giganteus
O imenu: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1
Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.
Strupeni kuščarji UgriziJe: Meso
Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

Živi v
Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1
Avstralija in Oceanija
Domov
Perenties live in rocky outcrops and gorges with hard-packed soil and loose stones. They are shy and usually avoid people, so they are rarely seen, especially as much of their range is remote.1
Dolžina
2,5 m (8,2 ft)1
Teža
20 kg (44 lb)1
Največja hitrost
približno 18 km/h (11 mph)
Na kopnem, groba ocena
Kaj je?
Perenties are active hunters that mostly eat reptiles, small mammals and sometimes birds. They also scavenge carrion, and adults can kill kangaroos, using their powerful forelimbs and claws to tear off pieces too large to swallow whole.1
Zares!Fotografija: Perentie
Perentie. Fotografija: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako jo prepoznaš

  • Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
  • Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
  • Limbs are dark with white spots.1
  • Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.1

Če ugrizne

  • Rano umij, poškodovanca pomiri in poišči zdravniško pomoč.

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?

AfrikaAzijaEvropaSeverna AmerikaJužna AmerikaAvstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Perentie približno 2,5 m dolga (8,2 ft)Kolo za odrasle približno 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Avto približno 4,5 m (15 ft)

Koliko tehta?

težka kot 5 domačih mačk
dolga kot 2,5 psov od nosu do repadolga kot 14 banan, položenih ena za drugozmore 100 metrov v 20 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je Perentie v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

1

Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1

2

They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1

3

Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1

4

Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1

5

The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1

6

The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.

Resnica: Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime
Varanus giganteus
Skupina
Strupeni kuščarji
Družina
Varanidae2
Red
Squamata
Celine
Avstralija in Oceanija
Mladiči
The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Kako ji gre v naravi
Least Concern1
Nevarnost za ljudi
2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

  1. Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
  3. Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.

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