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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum

Kuhusu jina: "Gila" comes from the Gila River Basin in Arizona and New Mexico, where the lizard was once common. "Heloderma" is Greek for "studded skin".1

Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.

Mijusi wenye sumu

KuumwaHula: Nyama

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

The Gila monster is a heavy, slow-moving lizard with a venomous bite. It lives in the south-western United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States, but it rarely poses a real threat to people.1

Anaishi

South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It lives in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland, and shelters in burrows, thickets and under rocks. It spends about 90% of its life underground. It can be seen in puddles after a summer rain.1

Urefu

26 cm hadi 56 cm (10.2 in hadi 1.8 ft)1

Uzito

550 g hadi 800 g (1.2 lb hadi 1.8 lb)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 2.4 kwa saa (maili 1.5 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu: mtu anayetembea polepole

Hula nini?

It eats small mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, eggs and carrion. It finds prey by smell, using its forked, black-blue tongue, and it hunts by day or night.1

Picha ya Gila monster — Gila monster. Picha: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Adults are yellow to pink on a black background.1
Hatchlings have a simple, uniform pattern that is less colourful, and it changes over their first 6 months.1
It has a heavy body, a stout snout and a massive head.1
Adults can reach 56 cm in total length.1
Males often have larger, more triangular heads than females.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Its closest relatives are beaded lizards, which live in Mexico and Guatemala. In the United States, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom is made in glands in the lower jaw and flows along grooves in the lower teeth into the bite. It contains more than a dozen peptides and other substances, which cause pain and swelling. Four potentially lethal toxins have been found, which can cause bleeding inside the organs.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adults. One death has been confirmed since 1930, on 16 February 2024. Earlier deaths involved adults who were drunk or whose bite was treated badly. Bites are painful and can cause shock, but the lizard is sluggish and rarely a real threat.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Its bright colours may warn predators to keep away, because it can inflict pain.1

Akiuma

Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.

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?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na ndizi 7

urefu sawa na ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstariurefu sawa na matofali 18 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 150 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Gila monster ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Gila monster takriban km 2.4 kwa saa (1.5 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Exendin-4, one of the venom's peptides, led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.1

Young Gila monsters can swallow up to half of their body weight in a single meal.1

It can store fat in its tail and survive a whole season on three to four large meals in spring.1

Its venom is thought to have evolved mainly for defence, because its prey is mostly eggs, small animals and other helpless prey.1

It can climb trees, cacti and fairly straight, rough-surfaced walls.1

Its teeth are replaced throughout its life, and broken teeth are replaced by the teeth behind them.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

Ukweli: The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adult humans. One death has been confirmed since 1930.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Heloderma suspectum
Kundi: Mijusi wenye sumu
Familia: Helodermatidae2
Mpangilio: Squamata
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto: Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Hatari kwa watu: 3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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