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Paradise tree snake

Chrysopelea paradisi
Kuhusu jina: The species name paradisi comes from the Latin paradisus or the Greek paradeisos, which means park.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The paradise tree snake is a snake that can glide through the air. It lives in forests in Southeast Asia, where it flattens its body and launches itself from treetops to travel between trees. It is special because it has no legs or wings, yet it can move through the air in a controlled way.1

Anaishi
Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore1
Asia
Nyumbani
It is mostly found in moist forests and spends its whole life in trees. Encounters with people are rare, but one case involved a snake hanging from a window grill next to a bedroom.1
Urefu
1 m (3.3 ft)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 5.3 kwa saa (maili 3.3 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats mostly lizards and bats. It can also constrict its prey, which means it squeezes the animal to subdue it.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Paradise tree snake
Paradise tree snake. Picha: Alan Couch. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • It has a long, cylindrical body with no legs or wings.1
  • When gliding, it stretches its body into a flattened strip using its ribs.1
  • In flight, its body moves in a wave-like motion while its head stays relatively steady.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

It is mildly venomous and has enlarged teeth at the back of the upper jaw, known as rear fangs. Its venom is made in Duvernoy's glands, which are found in many related snakes. The venom is delivered by these rear fangs during a bite.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

It is considered mildly venomous. Because it is uncommon and lives high in trees, bites to people are rare. One reported bite in 2013 was to a 45-year-old woman's right thumb when she tried to close her bedroom windows.1

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha, mweke mtu mtulivu na utafute msaada wa kitabibu. Baadhi ya spishi (kama boomslang) zinaweza kuua saa kadhaa baadaye.

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?

Paradise tree snake urefu wa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 6 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 68 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Paradise tree snake ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It can glide a horizontal distance of 10 metres (33 feet) or more from the top of a tree.1

2

To glide, it flattens its body into a strip by spreading its ribs.1

3

In the air, its cross-section becomes triangular, which helps it glide.1

4

Slow-motion photography shows it moves its body in waves during flight, suggesting controlled flight.1

5

It usually starts a glide with an anchored J-loop take-off.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Chrysopelea paradisi
Kundi
Nyoka wenye meno ya sumu nyuma
Familia
Colubridae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Asia
Watoto
It reproduces by laying eggs (oviparous).1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Chrysopelea paradisi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Chrysopelea paradisi (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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