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Eastern massasauga

Sistrurus catenatus

Tungkol sa pangalan: "Massasauga" comes from the Ojibwe language and probably means "great river-mouth", likely describing the grasslands around river deltas.1

Kailangan ng doktorBihirang nakamamatay, pero kailangang magpatingin sa doktor kapag nakagat.

Mga rattlesnake

Mga kagatKinakain: Karne

Panganib sa tao: MalalaKailangang magpatingin sa doktor kapag nakagat. Napakabihira ng namamatay.

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

Nakatira sa

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

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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

Haba

60 cm hanggang 75 cm (2 ft hanggang 2.5 ft)1

Pinakamataas na bilis

mga 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)

Sa lupa, tantiya lang

Ano ang kinakain nito?

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

Litrato ng Eastern massasauga — Eastern massasauga. Litrato: Willem Span. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Paano ito makikilala

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

Lakas ng kamandag

Mga kagat

Lumalabas ang kamandag sa pangil o ngipin nito kapag nangangagat ito.

Ano ang epekto ng kamandag nito?

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

Gaano ito kapanganib sa tao?

Panganib sa tao: MalalaKailangang magpatingin sa doktor kapag nakagat. Napakabihira ng namamatay.

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

Ano ang ginagawa nito kapag natatakot?

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

Kung kumagat ito

Panatilihing hindi gumagalaw at kalmado ang tao, panatilihin ang nakagat na braso o binti sa antas ng puso, tanggalin ang mga singsing at masisikip na bagay, at pumunta agad sa ospital.

Laging tawagan muna ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911). Ito ay pangkalahatang gabay sa pangunang lunas, hindi payong medikal. Mga batayan ng pangunang lunas

Mag-ingat

Huwag kailanman hawakan, hulihin o asarin ang ligaw na hayop, kahit maliit, at kahit mukha itong tulog o patay.
Bigyan ito ng espasyo. Kung makasalubong ka ng isa, manatiling kalmado, dahan-dahang umatras at hayaan itong umalis.
Kung kagatin ka ng isa: manatiling kalmado, huwag gumalaw, tawagan ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911) o pumunta agad sa ospital. Tandaan ang itsura nito, makakatulong ang litrato.

Hindi ka nito hinahabol. Ginagamit nito ang kamandag para manghuli ng pagkain o ipagtanggol ang sarili, at mas gusto pa nitong magtago. Higit pa tungkol sa pag-iingat

Saan sa mundo?

Aprika Asya Europa Hilagang Amerika Timog Amerika Australia at Oceania

Gaano ito kalaki?

Gaano ito kahaba?

kasinghaba ng 4 saging na magkakadugtongkayang tapusin ang 100 metro sa loob ng 110 segundo (9.6 ang kailangan ng pinakamabilis na tao)

Gaano kalaki si Eastern massasauga kumpara sa IYO?

Math lang sa browser mo. Walang sine-save o ipinapadala kahit saan.

Gaano ito kabilis?

Isang pagong mga 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Eastern massasauga mga 3.4 km/h (2.1 mph)

Isang taong naglalakad mga 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

magandang malaman

Mga fact

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

Para sa mga eksperto sa kamandag

Pangalang siyentipiko: Sistrurus catenatus
Grupo: Mga rattlesnake
Pamilya: Viperidae2
Ayos: Squamata
Mga kontinente: Hilagang Amerika
Mga sanggol: 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
Kalagayan nito sa ligaw: 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
Panganib sa tao: 3 / 5: Malala3

Saan galing ang mga fact

Eastern massasauga (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Sistrurus catenatus (iNaturalist): mga pangalan at klasipikasyon.
Venom Wiki: sarili naming tantiya ang antas ng panganib, karaniwang laki at hula sa bilis. Tingnan kung paano namin ito kinukuwenta: Paano namin sinusukat ang panganib.

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