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South American bushmaster

Lachesis muta
Malunga negama: 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
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Ii-pit viper UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

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

Sihlala
South America, in equatorial forests east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
2 m ukuya ku-3,6 m (6,6 ft ukuya ku-12 ft)1
Ubunzima
3 kg ukuya ku-5 kg (6,6 lb ukuya ku-11 lb)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-5,1 km/h (3,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
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
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-South American bushmaster
South American bushmaster. Ifoto: Christopher Murray. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • 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

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is similar in appearance to rattlesnakes. It has no rattle, so its tail vibration sounds like rustling leaves rather than a rattle.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened it vibrates its tail, which makes a loud rustling sound in the undergrowth.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Gcina umntu engashukumi kwaye ezolile, gcina ilungu elilunyiweyo kwinqanaba lentliziyo, susa imisesane nezinto eziqinileyo, uze umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

South American bushmaster malunga ne-3,6 m ubude (12 ft)Ibhayisekile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1,8 m (5,9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4,5 m (15 ft)

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-1
ubude obulingana nezinja eziyi-4 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-20 zilandelelanamalunga nobunzima bekati yasekhayasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-71 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-South American bushmaster mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

Umqhekezi weentsomi

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

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Lachesis muta
Iqela
Ii-pit viper
Usapho
Viperidae2
Ucwangco
Squamata
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Lachesis muta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lachesis muta (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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