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Eastern massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ "Massasauga" comes from the Ojibwe language and probably means "great river-mouth", likely describing the grasslands around river deltas.1

ሓኪም የድልዮሳሕቲ እዩ ዝቐትል፣ ግን ንኽሳኡ ሓኪም የድልዮ።

ተመናት ቃጭል

ንኽሳታትዝበልዖ፦ ስጋ

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ከቢድንኽሳኡ ሓኪም የድልዮ። ሞት ኣዝዩ ሳሕቲ እዩ።

The eastern massasauga is a small rattlesnake that lives in eastern North America, mainly around the Great Lakes. It is the only venomous snake in Ontario, Canada. It is shy and keeps away from people, but it is a protected species because its numbers have fallen sharply.1

ዝነብረሉ

Southern Ontario, Canada, and eastern parts of the Midwestern United States, including the Great Lakes region1

ሰሜን ኣመሪካ

መበገሲ

It is most often found near wetlands such as swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, wet meadows and floodplains. It may also live in meadows, prairies and coniferous forests, and often uses crayfish burrows. In summer it may move to drier habitats.1

ንውሓት

ካብ 60 cm ክሳብ 75 cm (ካብ 2 ft ክሳብ 2,5 ft)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 3,4 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (2,1 ማይል/ሰዓት)

ኣብ መሬት, ግምት

እንታይ ይበልዕ?

It eats small vertebrates, mainly rodents such as voles, white-footed mice, jumping mice and shrews. Juveniles mostly eat reptiles, usually lizards in western populations and snakes in eastern ones. Frogs are also an important food in some northern and eastern populations.1

ስእሊ Eastern massasauga — Eastern massasauga። ስእሊ፦ Willem Span። CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

Ground colour is grey or tan.1
A row of large, rounded brown or black blotches runs down the centre of the back.1
Three smaller rows of alternating spots run down each side.1
Solid black individuals also occur.1
Like all rattlesnakes, it has heat-sensing pits on each side of its head, between the eye and the nostril.1

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ንኽሳታት

ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

Its venom is cytotoxic, which means it destroys tissue. It also contains digestive enzymes that disrupt blood flow and stop blood from clotting. In its prey, these effects cause severe internal bleeding.1

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ከቢድንኽሳኡ ሓኪም የድልዮ። ሞት ኣዝዩ ሳሕቲ እዩ።

The snake is shy and avoids humans when it can. Most bites in Ontario happened after people handled it or accidentally stepped on it. Only two deaths from its bites have been recorded in Ontario, and in both cases the victims did not receive proper treatment.1

ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?

It is shy and tends to withdraw from people rather than confront them.1

እንተ ነኺሱ

ነቲ ሰብ ከይንቀሳቐስን ህዱእን ግበሮ፣ ነቲ ዝተነኽሰ ኢድ ወይ እግሪ ኣብ ብራኸ ልቢ ሓዞ፣ ቀለበታትን ዝጸበቡ ነገራትን ኣውጽእ፣ ብቕልጡፍ ድማ ናብ ሆስፒታል ውሰዶ።

ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት

ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ

ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።

ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ

ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?

ኣፍሪቃ እስያ ኤውሮጳ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ደቡብ ኣመሪካ ኣውስትራልያን ኦሽያንያን

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 4 ባናናታት ይነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ብ110 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

Eastern massasauga ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

ጎብየ ኣስታት 0,3 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,19 mph)

Eastern massasauga ኣስታት 3,4 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (2,1 mph)

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (3,1 mph)

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

It is a pit viper, a family that includes all rattlesnakes, and it is the only venomous snake in Ontario.1

Mothers and newborns stay together for a few days, until the young shed their skin for the first time.1

Females often do not breed every year, usually having a two-year breeding cycle.1

Its populations have declined so much that it has disappeared from many of its former areas, and now survives mainly in small, isolated groups.1

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Sistrurus catenatus
ጉጅለ: ተመናት ቃጭል
ስድራ ቤት: Viperidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ: Squamata
ክፍለ ዓለማት: ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
ህጻናት: It gives birth to live young (it is ovoviviparous), usually in August or September. Litters of 5 to 14 have been reported in Illinois and 6 to 19 in Wisconsin, and the newborns are 18.8 to 24.4 cm long from snout to vent.1
ኣብ ዱር ዘሎ ኩነታቱ: Threatened in Canada under federal and Ontario law; listed as endangered in several US states; IUCN Red List: least concern (2007, with a note that the assessment needs updating)1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: 3 / 5: ከቢድ3

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

Eastern massasauga (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Sistrurus catenatus (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.

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