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Aruba rattlesnake
Crotalus unicolor
对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。The Aruba rattlesnake is a venomous pit viper that lives only on the small Caribbean island of Aruba, off the coast of Venezuela. It is one of the rarest rattlesnakes in the world, so it matters a great deal to conservation.1
生活在
Aruba, a Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Found nowhere else.1
北美洲首页
It lives in thornscrub and desert on the southeastern half of the island, mostly on the rocky, dry southern tip. Human building is steadily taking over its land.1
长度
90 cm (3 ft)1
体重
1 kg (2.2 lb)1
它吃什么?
It eats rodents, birds and lizards.1

怎样认出它
- Light brown, tan, or almost pink in colour, matching the soil of its habitat1
- Darker brown diamond-shaped markings along the back1
- Colours can vary from white to apricot, or from brown to slate1
- Markings are sometimes almost invisible, or show only as a narrow stripe down the middle of the back1
- Moderately sized, reaching about 90 cm as an adult1
毒液之力
咬伤
它咬的时候,毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。
它对人有多危险?
对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。
注意安全
- 永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物,即使是很小的,即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
- 给它留出空间。如果遇到它,保持冷静,慢慢后退,让它走自己的路。
- 如果被它咬了:保持冷静,保持不动,拨打你的急救电话(112、000、911)或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样,拍张照片会有帮助。
它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己,而且它更愿意躲起来。 更多安全知识
它有多大?
它有多长?
它有多重?
和 8 根香蕉一样重
和 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长
和 5 根香蕉首尾相接一样长
100 秒就能跑完 100 米(最快的人需要 9.6 秒)Aruba rattlesnake和你比起来有多大?
只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。
它有多快?
一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)
Aruba rattlesnake 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)
一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)
值得了解
事实
1
About 230 animals are left in the wild, which makes it one of the rarest rattlesnakes anywhere.1
2
Its colours match the soil of its native habitat, which helps it blend in.1
3
Only about 25 square kilometres of its home island remain undeveloped.1
4
Exporting it from the island is illegal, and it is part of a Species Survival Plan for captive breeding.1
事实的来源
- Crotalus unicolor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Crotalus unicolor (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
- Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的: 我们如何评定危险.
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