Pygmy rattlesnake
The pygmy rattlesnake is a small, venomous snake that lives in the southeastern United States. It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent. Its venom is strongly tissue-damaging, but the snake makes so little that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult.1

Uni qanday tanish mumkin
- Small but bulky in width, usually 40 to 60 cm long including the tail1
- Dorsal pattern of oval or roughly circular spots with somewhat regular edges1
- Flank spots are mostly round and not much taller than they are wide1
- Usually 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody1
- Young snakes may be paler or more vividly marked, and have a yellow tail tip. The rattle is tiny and gives only a faint buzz that is heard from a few feet away1
Zahar quvvati
Chaqqanda zahar zaharli tishlari yoki tishlari orqali chiqadi.
Uning zahari (chaqsa yoki nish ursa) nima qiladi?
Its venom is cytotoxic, which means it damages cells, and it is strongly haemorrhagic, which means it causes bleeding. The venom is tissue-toxic but contains no neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. The snake produces only a small amount of venom and contains substantial amounts of serotonin and related compounds.1
Odamlar uchun qanchalik xavfli?
Odamlar uchun xavf: OgʻriqliJuda ogʻritishi mumkin, lekin deyarli hech qachon jiddiy emas.The snake produces too little venom to be likely to deliver a fatal bite to a human adult.1
Qoʻrqqanda nima qiladi?
Some individuals are very aggressive and strike furiously, while others are lethargic and do not rattle at all, and many are reluctant to bite.1
Agar chaqsa
- Odamni qimirlamay va xotirjam tut, chaqilgan qoʻl yoki oyoqni yurak balandligida ushla, uzuk va siquvchi narsalarni yechib ol va tezda kasalxonaga olib bor.
Har doim avval favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911). Bu birinchi yordam boʻyicha umumiy maslahat, tibbiy maslahat emas. Birinchi yordam asoslari
Xavfsiz boʻl
- Hech qachon yovvoyi hayvonga tegma, uni tutma yoki jigʻiga tegma, hatto kichkina boʻlsa ham va hatto uxlayotgan yoki oʻlik koʻrinsa ham.
- Unga joy ber. Agar duch kelsang, xotirjam boʻl, sekin orqaga chekin va uni oʻz yoʻliga ketishiga qoʻy.
- Agar biri seni chaqsa: xotirjam boʻl, qimirlamay tur, favqulodda yordam raqamiga qoʻngʻiroq qil (112, 000, 911) yoki tezda kasalxonaga yet. U qanday koʻrinishda ekanini eslab qol, surat yordam beradi.
U seni ovlamoqchi emas. Zaharini ovqat tutish yoki oʻzini himoya qilish uchun ishlatadi va yashirinishni ancha afzal koʻradi. Xavfsiz qolish haqida batafsil
Dunyoning qayerida?
U qanchalik katta?
U qanchalik uzun?
ketma-ket qoʻyilgan 4 ta banandek uzun
100 metrni 110 soniyada bosib oʻtishi mumkin (eng tez odamga 9,6 soniya kerak)Pygmy rattlesnake SEN bilan solishtirganda qanchalik katta?
Faqat brauzeringdagi hisob-kitob. Hech narsa saqlanmaydi va hech qayerga yuborilmaydi.
U qanchalik tez?
Faktlar
Its venom was the basis for the drug eptifibatide, which is used to prevent clotting during a heart attack.1
It is the smallest rattlesnake found on the North American continent.1
Its rattle is unusually small, which may show the early stages of how rattles evolved.1
Snake fungal disease has risen sharply in pygmy rattlesnakes over the past decade and is a major cause of death, though some snakes have recovered in the field.1
Females may give birth to live young even while infected with snake fungal disease.1
Afsonalarni fosh qiluvchi
Afsona: Its bite is deadly to people.
Haqiqat: The snake makes so little venom that a bite is unlikely to be fatal to an adult human.1
Zahar mutaxassislari uchun
Faktlar qayerdan olingan
- Sistrurus miliarius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Sistrurus miliarius (iNaturalist): nomlar va tasnif.
- Venom Wiki: xavf darajasi, odatiy oʻlcham va taxminiy tezlik bizning oʻz baholarimiz. Ularni qanday hisoblashimizni koʻr: Xavfni qanday baholaymiz.
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