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Horned adder

Bitis caudalis
Kuhusu jina: It is named for the single large, horn-like scale over each eye.1
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The horned adder is a small, stout viper that lives in the dry deserts and scrublands of southwest Africa. It is easy to tell apart because of a single large, horn-like scale above each eye. Like all vipers, it is venomous.1

Anaishi
Arid southwest Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It is mostly found in sparsely vegetated desert and semiarid scrub country.1
Urefu
30 cm hadi 52 cm (1 ft hadi 1.7 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.2 kwa saa (maili 2 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Horned adder
Horned adder. Picha: Chantelle Bosch. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • A single large, horn-like scale over each eye1
  • A short, stout body1
  • Usually 30 to 40 cm long from head to tail tip1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom contains a neurotoxic phospholipase A2, a protein that attacks the nerves. It acts as a presynaptic toxin, meaning it interferes with nerve signals at the junction between nerve and muscle. Bite symptoms in people include swelling, severe pain, nausea, vomiting and shock. Blisters and necrotic ulcers (areas of dead tissue) may form around the bite.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Bites are thought to be rare, and no epidemiological data (records of bites and outcomes over time) is available. Tests on mice suggest the venom is one of the weakest in its genus, but an older report states it is highly toxic and that a number of deaths have occurred.1

Habari njema: madaktari wana dawa (ya kuzuia sumu) au matibabu ya hili.1

Akiuma

  • 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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Horned adder urefu wa takriban 52 cm (1.7 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)

Horned 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

Researchers estimated that about 300 mg of its venom would be needed to kill an adult, based on mouse tests.1

2

Caudoxin is similar to bungarotoxin, a well-known snake toxin, but binds to different sites in the body.1

3

On average, one bite releases about 85 mg of wet venom.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Bitis caudalis
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Horned adder (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Bitis caudalis (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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