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Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Ci turam: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1

Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.

Lézard yu am daŋar

Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

Dafay dund ci

Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1

Ostarali ak Oseyani

Kër

Perenties live in rocky outcrops and gorges with hard-packed soil and loose stones. They are shy and usually avoid people, so they are rarely seen, especially as much of their range is remote.1

Guddaay

2,5 m (8,2 ft)1

Diisaay

20 kg (44 lb)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 18 km/h (11 mph)

Ci suuf, xalaat

Lan lay lekk?

Perenties are active hunters that mostly eat reptiles, small mammals and sometimes birds. They also scavenge carrion, and adults can kill kangaroos, using their powerful forelimbs and claws to tear off pieces too large to swallow whole.1

Fotoy Perentie — Perentie. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
Limbs are dark with white spots.1
Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.1

Su màttee

Raxas gaañu-gaañu bi, def ba nit ki dal te wutal ndimbal doktoor.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

Afrig Asi Tugal Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar Amerig gu Bëj-saalum Ostarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 5 muusu kër

guddu na ni 2,5 xaj, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 14 banaana yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 20 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Perentie ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

Ab xale ci kaw welo lu tollu ci 12 km/h (7,5 mph)

Perentie lu tollu ci 18 km/h (11 mph)

Ab nit kuy daw ci gaaw-gaaw lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

baax na xam

Xibaar

Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1

They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1

Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1

Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1

The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1

The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.

Dëgg: Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Varanus giganteus
Mbooloo: Lézard yu am daŋar
Njaboot: Varanidae2
Toftal: Squamata
Kontinaa yi: Ostarali ak Oseyani
Liir yi: The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi: Least Concern1
Musiba ci nit: 2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
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