Annulated sea snake
The annulated sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It is found in shallow coastal waters from the Persian Gulf across South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is special because it gives birth to live young in the water, and scientists have studied how it gets oxygen to its brain while under water.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Greenish-olive above, with blackish or olive bars or rings across the body, broadest on the back.1
- Some snakes are yellowish instead, with a black band along the back and a few black bars on the neck.1
- The bars can be joined by a black band along the belly.1
- Adults can reach a head and body length of about 136 cm, with a tail of about 14 cm.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.
Akiuma
- Kubana na kutotikisa: funga bandeji nyororo kwa nguvu juu ya jeraha kisha mguu au mkono mzima, weka banzi, na umweke mtu bila kutikisika kabisa hadi msaada ufike.
- Mtoe mtu majini na umpeleke hospitali haraka.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2.5 kutoka pua hadi mkia
urefu sawa na ndizi 8 zilizopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 40Annulated sea snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
A 2019 study found that this snake has a complex network of blood vessels in its head, called the Modified Cephalic Vascular Network (MCVN). It helps supply the brain with extra oxygen from water while the snake is under water.1
Its venom gland, spleen, lungs and skin all contain a natural antimicrobial peptide called Hc-CATH, which helps fight microbes.1
Sea snakes have immune systems that let them resist both land-based and sea-based germs, because they meet a different range of germs than land snakes do.1
Although it lives at sea, this snake is a true snake that gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
The peptide Hc-CATH is made from a larger protein of 187 amino acids called vipericidin.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus
- Kundi
- Nyoka wa baharini
- Familia
- Elapidae2
- Mpangilio
- Squamata
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Andaman, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Arabia na Ghuba ya Uajemi, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- The young are born alive, in broods of 3 to 16, and each newborn is about 38 cm long.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 4 / 5: Hatari sana3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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