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Hundred-pace viper

Deinagkistrodon acutus

名字的由来： The name comes from a local belief that a person bitten by this snake can walk only 100 steps before dying.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

蝮蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The hundred-pace viper is a pit viper that lives in the mountains and hills of southern China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam. It is venomous, and its bite can be dangerous, so it is important to know what it looks like. Its name comes from a well-known but exaggerated local belief about how far a bite victim can walk.1

生活在

Southern China, Taiwan, northern Vietnam and possibly Laos1

亚洲

首页

It lives in high, forested mountains up to 1,350 metres, and also in low coastal areas. It prefers lower mountain slopes and rocky hills with small valleys.1

长度

80 cm到1.6 m (2.6 ft到5.2 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.8 公里/小时（2.4 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats small mammals such as rats and mice, as well as birds, toads, frogs and lizards.1

Hundred-pace viper的照片 — Hundred-pace viper。照片：No machine-readable author provided. Danleo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).。 CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Light brown or greyish brown, with a series of dark brown triangles along each side1
About 20 light brown, squarish blotches run along the back1
Top of the head and upper sides are black, with a black streak from the eye to the corner of the mouth1
Large, triangular head with an upturned snout, and a very stout body1
Young snakes are much lighter than adults but have the same pattern1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its venom is a potent hemotoxin, which damages blood and tissue and is strongly haemorrhagic, meaning it causes bleeding. Bite symptoms include severe pain and bleeding that may begin almost immediately, followed by swelling, blistering, tissue death (necrosis) and ulceration. Heart palpitations may come on suddenly and relatively soon after the bite.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The species is considered dangerous, and deaths are not unusual. Its large, hinged fangs can deliver large amounts of venom.1

好消息：医生有药（抗毒血清）或治疗方法。1

如果它咬人

Victims should be treated according to the seriousness of the bite. Cutting off or burning a bitten finger or limb is harmful and can cause further complications. An antivenom is produced in Taiwan.1
让人保持安静不动，被咬的肢体与心脏保持同一高度，摘下戒指和紧身物品，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

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 9 根香蕉首尾相接一样长95 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Hundred-pace viper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)

Hundred-pace viper 约 3.8 公里/小时 (2.4 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its popular name, hundred-pacer, is said to come from a belief that a bitten victim can walk only 100 steps before dying.1

A protein from its venom, called ACTX-6, has been shown to cause cell death in isolated cancer cells.1

Its venom is widely used in research. In mice, it attacks the kidneys and the mice die.1

It is one of the few pit vipers that lays eggs. It can keep eggs inside during early incubation, which shortens the time they need to develop after being laid.1

The venom has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries to make antivenin for treating snakebites.1

For the Paiwan people of Taiwan, the viper is the parent of their hero Aljis, and the viper symbol is used on their homes to show power.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： A person bitten by a hundred-pace viper can only walk 100 steps before dying.

真相： This belief is an exaggeration. The species is still dangerous, and deaths are not unusual. Believing the myth has led people to amputate or burn bitten fingers or limbs, which causes further harm.1

给毒液专家

学名: Deinagkistrodon acutus
类别: 蝮蛇
家人: Viperidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It lays eggs, usually 11 or 12 from June to August, although it can lay up to 24.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3