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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum

ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ "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

ሓኪም የድልዮሳሕቲ እዩ ዝቐትል፣ ግን ንኽሳኡ ሓኪም የድልዮ።

መርዛማት ገበላት

ንኽሳታትዝበልዖ፦ ስጋ

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

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

ዝነብረሉ

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

ሰሜን ኣመሪካ

መበገሲ

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

ንውሓት

ካብ 26 cm ክሳብ 56 cm (ካብ 10,2 in ክሳብ 1,8 ft)1

ክብደት

ካብ 550 g ክሳብ 800 g (ካብ 1,2 lb ክሳብ 1,8 lb)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 2,4 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (1,5 ማይል/ሰዓት)

ኣብ መሬት: ቀስ ኢሉ ዝኸይድ ሰብ

እንታይ ይበልዕ?

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

ስእሊ Gila monster — Gila monster። ስእሊ፦ H. van der Ploeg። CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

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

ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ 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

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ንኽሳታት

ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።

መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?

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

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

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

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

ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?

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

እንተ ነኺሱ

Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
ነቲ ቑስሊ ሕጸቦ፣ ነቲ ሰብ ኣህድኦ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ።

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?

ክንደይ ይኸብድ?

ከም 7 ባናናታት ይኸብድ

ጫፍ ንጫፍ ከም ዝተሰርዑ 3 ባናናታት ይነውሕብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 18 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ብ150 ካልኢት ክሽፍን ይኽእል (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

Gila monster 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)

Gila monster ኣስታት 2,4 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (1,5 mph)

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (3,1 mph)

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

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

ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር

ጽውጽዋይ፦ Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

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

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Heloderma suspectum
ጉጅለ: መርዛማት ገበላት
ስድራ ቤት: Helodermatidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ: Squamata
ክፍለ ዓለማት: ሰሜን ኣመሪካ
ህጻናት: Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: 3 / 5: ከቢድ3

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.

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