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Berg adder

Bitis atropos
Kuhusu jina: The name atropos comes from Atropos, one of the Three Fates in Greek myth, the one who cut the thread of life.1
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The berg adder is a viper that lives only in the mountains of southern Africa. It is found in scattered groups, from South Africa up to Mozambique. Its venom mainly attacks the nerves, which sets it apart from most of its close relatives.1

Anaishi
Mountainous regions of southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It prefers cool places with high rainfall. In the north of its range it is found at higher elevations, while in the south it lives in coastal and mountain heathland, rocky hillsides, grassland with bushes, and small rock outcrops at sea level.1
Urefu
30 cm hadi 50 cm (1 ft hadi 1.6 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.2 kwa saa (maili 2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
Its main prey is rock lizards and small amphibians. It also eats small rodents and the young of ground-nesting birds.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Berg adder
Berg adder. Picha: Dave U. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Adults are typically 30 to 40 cm long, from head to tail tip.1
  • Some females grow to 50 cm in the wild.1
  • When disturbed, it hisses loudly and twists its body in convulsive movements.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom is mainly neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Necrosis (tissue death) or infection seldom follows a bite. Symptoms can start quickly and have been compared to alcohol intoxication, and they are not usually permanent. Possible signs include loss of smell or taste, drooping eyelids and loss of vision.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The venom is not strong enough for a single bite to kill an adult human, and no human deaths have been recorded. However, bites can be troublesome, and their effects sometimes last for days or even weeks.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When disturbed, it hisses violently and twists its body convulsively.1

Akiuma

  • Antivenom does not seem to help people bitten by this snake, so treatment should focus on relieving the symptoms.1
  • Mweke mtu bila kutikisika na mtulivu, weka kiungo kilichoumwa usawa wa moyo, ondoa pete na vitu vinavyobana, 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?

AfrikaAsiaUlayaAmerika KaskaziniAmerika KusiniAustralia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Berg adder urefu wa takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)
urefu sawa na ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstariurefu sawa na matofali 16 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 110 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Berg adder ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Unlike most Bitis species, its venom is mainly neurotoxic, so the bite rarely causes tissue death.1

2

Its scientific name comes from Atropos, the Greek goddess who cut the thread of life.1

3

In the north of its range it lives at elevations of up to 3,000 m, but in eastern Zimbabwe it is not found below 1,500 m.1

4

A newborn is about 13 cm long, which is roughly a third of the length of an adult.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Bitis atropos
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
It gives birth to live young in late summer. The average litter is seven, and up to 15 have been recorded. Each newborn is about 13 cm long.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Berg adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis atropos (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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