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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta

O imenu: 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

Lahko ubijeBrez zdravljenja te lahko ubije. Če te ugrizne, hitro poišči pomoč.

Jamičarji

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: Zelo nevarnaČloveka, ki ne dobi zdravljenja, lahko ubije.

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

Živi v

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

Južna Amerika

Domov

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

Dolžina

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

Teža

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

Največja hitrost

približno 5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

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

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

Kako jo prepoznaš

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

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

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

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

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: Zelo nevarnaČloveka, ki ne dobi zdravljenja, lahko ubije.

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

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

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

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Ostani varen

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Kje na svetu?

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Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Koliko tehta?

težka kot 1 domačih mačk

dolga kot 4 psov od nosu do repadolga kot 20 banan, položenih ena za drugopribližno tako težka kot domača mačkazmore 100 metrov v 71 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je South American bushmaster v primerjavi s TABO?

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Kako hitra je?

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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

Otrok na kolesu približno 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

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

Razbijalec mitov

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

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

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Lachesis muta
Skupina: Jamičarji
Družina: Viperidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Južna Amerika
Nevarnost za ljudi: 4 / 5: Zelo nevarna3

Od kod so dejstva

Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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