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Terciopelo

Bothrops asper

O imenu: Terciopelo is Spanish for 'velvet'.1

Smrtno nevarnaEna najbolj smrtonosnih živali na Zemlji. Če te ugrizne, takoj pokliči pomoč.Hitra pomoč in protistrup rešita večino ljudi. Takoj pokliči številko za klic v sili.

Jamičarji

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: Smrtno nevarnaEna najnevarnejših živali na svetu.

The terciopelo is a large pit viper, one of the biggest vipers in the world. It lives from north-east Mexico through Central America to northern South America. It is important to know because it causes more envenomated snakebites than any other snake in its range.1

Živi v

North-east Mexico, Central America and northern South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad1

Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika

Domov

It likes moist places at low to middle elevations, mostly tropical rainforest and evergreen forest, and it is often found near rivers and streams. It is most often met near people, livestock and pets, where it lives close to homes and farms.1

Dolžina

1,2 m do 2,5 m (3,9 ft do 8,2 ft)1

Teža

6 kg (13 lb)1

Največja hitrost

približno 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

It is a generalist that eats a wide range of animals, including rats, mice, frogs, lizards, birds, opossums and insects. It waits in leaf litter or under forest cover to ambush prey that come within range at night.1

Fotografija: Terciopelo — Terciopelo. Fotografija: thibaudaronson. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Broad, flattened head that is clearly set apart from the neck1
Light to dark brown, olive, grey or nearly black body1
Often a yellowish zig-zag line on each side of the body1
Dark triangles with pale edges along the sides of the body1
Pale yellow, cream or whitish grey underside with dark blotches1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Bothrops atrox is similar in colour, but it usually has yellow or rust-like tones and rectangular or trapezoidal blotches. The terciopelo is often more uniformly brown or grey, with the zig-zag pattern on its sides.1

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: Smrtno nevarnaEna najnevarnejših živali na svetu.

It is considered one of the most dangerous snakes in its range because it is large, has big fangs and a potent venom, and lives close to people. It is responsible for the most envenomated snakebites within its range. Bites usually happen only when the snake is cornered, pursued or threatened.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

When cornered or threatened, it may perform an S-shaped coiled display and can be very defensive, sometimes suddenly reversing direction to attack.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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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?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Koliko tehta?

težka kot 1,5 domačih mačk

dolga kot 2,5 psov od nosu do repadolga kot 14 banan, položenih ena za drugopribližno tako težka kot domača mačkazmore 100 metrov v 86 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je Terciopelo v primerjavi s TABO?

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

Kako hitra je?

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Terciopelo približno 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)

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

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Juveniles can lure prey by waving brightly coloured tail tips. Only males have bright tail tips, though both sexes show this behaviour.1

It is one of the largest vipers in the world, and it is often called 'the ultimate pit-viper' by herpetologists.1

Females are much bigger than males. The two sexes are born the same size, but females grow much faster from about 7 to 12 months of age.1

Its home range is small for a pit viper, averaging between about 3.7 and 6 hectares.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: Fer-de-lance is the name of one single snake species.

Resnica: The name fer-de-lance has been used informally for several Bothrops species, including this one. Herpetologists now prefer the name terciopelo for Bothrops asper.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Bothrops asper
Skupina: Jamičarji
Družina: Viperidae2
Red: Squamata
Celine: Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika
Nevarnost za ljudi: 5 / 5: Smrtno nevarna3

Od kod so dejstva

Bothrops asper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Bothrops asper (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
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