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Dusky sea snake

Aipysurus fuscus

名字的由來： The scientific name fuscus comes from the Latin word for "dusky" or "dark", which refers to the snake's dark colour.1

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

海蛇

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

The dusky sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It is found on shallow coral reefs in the Timor Sea, between Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. It is endangered, which means its numbers have fallen sharply.1

分布在

Timor Sea, between Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste1

印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

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It mainly lives on reefs in shallow sea water. Most of the known wild population is at the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, an Australian external territory in the Timor Sea.1

長度

78 cm (2,6 ft)1

最高速度

大約 3,7 km/h（2,3 mph）

游泳, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It feeds on fish eggs, eels, wrasses and gobies.1

怎麼認出牠

Dark purplish brown, brown or blackish brown on its upper body1
Occasionally has paler bands on the lower sides of its body1
The centre of some scales is darker, which can make the body look striped1
Usually no longer than 78 cm, though much larger individuals have been found1

毒液力量

咬

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

加壓固定法：用彈性繃帶緊緊包住咬傷處，再往上包住整條手臂或腿，用夾板固定，並讓傷者完全不動，直到救援抵達。
把傷者帶離水中，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

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲太平洋印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 4 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長可以在 49 秒內游完一座大游泳池（50 公尺）

Dusky sea snake 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？

一個正在游泳的人 大約 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Dusky sea snake 大約 3,7 km/h (2,3 mph)

奧運游泳選手 大約 8 km/h (5 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Scientists think the population has declined by at least 70%, and no specimens were found in 2007 during surveys that had recorded them in 1998.1

It has been documented hybridising with the snake Aipysurus laevis, and a 2006 study found the two species are closely related.1

This snake gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs.1

It usually lives in shallow water, from the surface down to about 12 metres, though it has occasionally been recorded at depths of up to 30 metres.1

給毒液專家

學名: Aipysurus fuscus
類群: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
各大洲: 印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海與阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
寶寶: It is live-bearing (viviparous), so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
壽命: 大約 10 年1
牠在野外的狀況: Endangered1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3