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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta
Tungkol sa pangalan: Its scientific name comes from Lachesis, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology, and muta, Latin for "dumb" or "mute", because it has no rattle.1
Puwedeng pumatayPuwede kang mapatay nito kapag walang gamutan. Kung kagatin ka nito, humingi agad ng tulong.
Mga pit viper Mga kagatKinakain: Karne
Panganib sa tao: NapakapanganibKaya nitong pumatay ng taong hindi nagamot.

The South American bushmaster is one of the longest vipers in the world, and it is the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere. It lives in the equatorial forests east of the Andes and on the island of Trinidad. Its bite is dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Nakatira sa
South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1
Timog Amerika
Home
It lives in primary and secondary forests and in nearby fields and cleared areas. In Trinidad it tends to prefer hilly and mountainous regions. In Ilhéus, Brazil, a child was bitten after stepping on one on the way out of a house.1
Haba
2 m hanggang 3.6 m (6.6 ft hanggang 12 ft)1
Timbang
3 kg hanggang 5 kg (6.6 lb hanggang 11 lb)1
Pinakamataas na bilis
mga 5.1 km/h (3.2 mph)
Sa lupa, tantiya lang
Ano ang kinakain nito?
It eats mainly rats and mice. Birds and reptiles are sometimes eaten. Spiny rats are favoured prey in Costa Rica, and rice rats and agoutis are other favourites. It also eats porcupines, squirrels, opossums, squirrel monkeys and frogs.1
Totoo!Litrato ng South American bushmaster
South American bushmaster. Litrato: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Paano ito makikilala

  • Its ground colour is yellowish, reddish or grey-brown.1
  • Dark brown or black blotches run along the body, forming inverted triangles on the sides.1
  • Adults are usually 2 to 2.5 m long, and 3 m is not unusual.1
  • The head is broad and clearly separate from the narrow neck.1
  • The tail is short and ends in a spine. When alarmed it vibrates the tail, which makes a loud rustling in undergrowth.1

Madalas mapagkamalang: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.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 breaks down tissue, stops blood from clotting, and can cause bleeding. It also has effects on the nerves. At the bite there is pain, swelling, bruising, blisters and skin death. Whole-body effects include low blood pressure, dizziness, vision problems, a slow heartbeat, vomiting, diarrhoea and kidney failure.1

Gaano ito kapanganib sa tao?

Panganib sa tao: NapakapanganibKaya nitong pumatay ng taong hindi nagamot.

Its bites are often fatal. Lab tests show its venom is weak, but the mortality rate of bite victims is high. In reported cases, a 7-year-old boy in Brazil died about 15 minutes after being bitten, and a 5-year-old child in Mato Grosso went into shock about 30 minutes after a bite and died within 90 minutes.1

Ano ang ginagawa nito kapag natatakot?

When threatened it vibrates its tail, which makes a loud rustling sound in the undergrowth.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?

AprikaAsyaEuropaHilagang AmerikaTimog AmerikaAustralia at Oceania

Gaano ito kalaki?

Gaano ito kahaba?

South American bushmaster mga 3.6 m ang haba (12 ft)Bisikleta ng matanda mga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Isang kotse mga 4.5 m (15 ft)

Gaano ito kabigat?

kasimbigat ng 1 pusang bahay
kasinghaba ng 4 aso mula ilong hanggang buntotkasinghaba ng 20 saging na magkakadugtonghalos kasimbigat ng pusang bahaykayang tapusin ang 100 metro sa loob ng 71 segundo (9.6 ang kailangan ng pinakamabilis na tao)

Gaano kalaki si South American bushmaster kumpara sa IYO?

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

Gaano ito kabilis?

magandang malaman

Mga fact

1

It is the longest viper in the world.1

2

It is the third longest venomous snake in the world, after the king cobra and the black mamba.1

3

Stress also lowers its venom yield. One specimen's yield fell from 233 mg to 64 mg while it was kept in captivity.1

4

Its name Lachesis comes from one of the three Fates of Greek mythology, who was said to decide how long a person would live.1

5

It rarely lives long in captivity, because stress makes it unwell.1

Myth buster

Mito: Its venom is weak, so its bite is not very serious.

Totoo: Lab tests show low toxicity, but bite victims die at a high rate, so the bite is very dangerous.1

Para sa mga eksperto sa kamandag

Pangalang siyentipiko
Lachesis muta
Grupo
Mga pit viper
Pamilya
Viperidae2
Ayos
Squamata
Mga kontinente
Timog Amerika
Panganib sa tao
4 / 5: Napakapanganib3

Saan galing ang mga fact

  1. Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): mga pangalan at klasipikasyon.
  3. 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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