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Dusky sea snake

Aipysurus fuscus

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

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

海蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

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

生活在

Timor Sea, between Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste1

印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

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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

长度

78 cm (2.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.7 公里/小时（2.3 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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

怎样认出它

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。

如果它咬人

加压固定法：用有弹性的绷带紧紧缠住咬伤处，再缠满整条肢体，用夹板固定，让人完全不动，直到救援到来。
把人带出水面，尽快送医院。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

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

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲太平洋印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 4 根香蕉首尾相接一样长49 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Dusky sea snake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？

一个在游泳的人 约 3 公里/小时 (1.9 mph)

Dusky sea snake 约 3.7 公里/小时 (2.3 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

给毒液专家

学名: Aipysurus fuscus
类别: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
宝宝: It is live-bearing (viviparous), so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
寿命: 约 10 年1
它在野外过得怎么样: Endangered1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3