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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Perentie
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Perentie

Varanus giganteus
Ka lebitso: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
2,5 m (8,2 ft)1
Boima
20 kg (44 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 18 km/h (11 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Perentie
Perentie. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e loma

  • Hlatswa leqeba, boloka motho a kgutsitse mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Perentie bolelele ba e ka bang 2,5 m (8,2 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 5
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 2,5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 14 tse latellanange ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 20 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Perentie e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Varanus giganteus
Sehlopha
Mekgodutswane e nang le chefo
Lelapa
Varanidae2
Tatelano
Squamata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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