Bale Mountains adder
咬The Bale Mountains adder is a viper that is still little known to science. It is named after the Harenna Forest in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, where it was first found. Scientists have recorded only a handful of sightings, so much about it is still unclear.1

怎麼認出牠
- Its back is mostly black, with slim, pale cream markings.1
- It has a pale 'cross bar' marking on the top of the head, just behind the eyes.1
- It has no horns between its nostrils.1
- Adults seen so far have been about 66 cm to 1 m long.1
常被誤認為: It is often confused with Bitis parviocula, which also has no nostril horns and a pale cross bar behind the eyes. Bitis harenna has frontal scales with facets and lacks a subhorizontal ridge on the prootic bone, which separates it from B. parviocula. It is darker than B. rhinoceros and B. gabonica, which have paler heads.1
毒液力量
咬的時候,毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。
如果牠咬人
- 讓傷者保持不動和冷靜,讓被咬的手臂或腿保持在和心臟一樣的高度,取下戒指和緊身的東西,並趕快送醫院。
一定要先打緊急電話(112、000、911)。這是一般急救指引,不是醫療建議。 急救基本知識
注意安全
- 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物,就算是很小的動物,就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
- 給牠空間。如果遇到了,保持冷靜,慢慢往後退,讓牠自己離開。
- 如果被牠咬了:保持冷靜,保持不動,打緊急電話(112、000、911)或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子,有照片會很有幫助。
牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己,而且牠更想躲起來。 更多安全知識
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
跟 2 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長
跟 6 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長
可以在 110 秒內跑完 100 公尺(最快的人類需要 9.6 秒)Bale Mountains adder 跟「你」比起來有多大?
只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存,也不會傳送到任何地方。
牠有多快?
小知識
破解迷思
迷思: It is the same species as Bitis parviocula.
真相: It is a separate species, although the two are often mixed up in scientific papers because they share several features.1
知識的出處
- Bitis harenna (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bitis harenna (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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