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Sahara sand viper

Cerastes vipera
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The Sahara sand viper is a small, stout venomous snake. It lives in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It hides in the sand and hunts in a way that few other vipers do.1

Anaishi
Deserts of North Africa, from Mauritania to Egypt, plus the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt and Israel)1
Afrika, Asia
Nyumbani
Arid desert, where it buries itself in the sand to stay cool and to wait for prey.1
Urefu
20 cm hadi 50 cm (7.9 in hadi 1.6 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3.1 kwa saa (maili 1.9 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It uses both sit-and-wait ambush and active hunting to catch prey. Active hunting is mostly used in the months just before hibernation, to build up energy for the long dormant period.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Sahara sand viper
Sahara sand viper. Picha: current, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Small and stout, with a broad, triangular head1
  • Small eyes set well forward, on the junction of the side and top of the head1
  • When threatened, it coils into a distinctive C-shape1
  • Its scales rub together to make a rasping or crackling sound1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When threatened, it coils into a C-shape and rubs its scales together to make a rasping or crackling sound.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?

Sahara sand viper 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 120 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Sahara sand viper 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 buries itself in the sand to keep cool, and also to ambush prey.1

2

Its hunting style is unusual among vipers, because it combines ambushing prey with actively hunting it.1

3

It is one of the snakes known by the name Cleopatra's asp.1

4

It feeds heavily on active hunts in the months before it hibernates.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Cerastes vipera
Kundi
Nyoka aina ya fira na kifutu
Familia
Viperidae2
Mpangilio
Squamata
Mabara
Afrika, Asia
Watoto
It is ovoviviparous, meaning the eggs develop and hatch inside the mother, so the young are born live.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Cerastes vipera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Cerastes vipera (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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