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Olive sea snake

Aipysurus laevis

名字的由来： Aipysurus comes from Greek words meaning 'high tail', and laevis is Latin for 'smooth'.1

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它咬了你，赶快求助。

海蛇

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The olive sea snake is a venomous sea snake that lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef. It swims with a paddle-like tail and can grow up to about a metre long. Prawn trawl nets are one of its biggest threats.1

生活在

Tropical eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean, from Indonesia to New Caledonia1

印度洋, 太平洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

首页

It lives on coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. When it is not hunting or coming up to breathe, it hides in small coves or among protective coral.1

长度

2 m (6.6 ft)1

最高速度

约 4.5 公里/小时（2.8 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats crustaceans such as crabs and prawns, fish, and fish eggs. It hunts in coral reef areas by poking its head into crevices.1

Olive sea snake的照片 — Olive sea snake。照片：Richard Ling。 CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Brownish and purple scales run along the top of the body.1
The underside is white.1
It has a paddle-like tail for swimming.1
It can grow up to one metre long, and in some cases up to two metres.1

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 rich in enzymes that break down prey inside the body, which simplifies digestion. The venom also affects both the muscles and nerves of the prey, and it is used to incapacitate the prey.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。

It can be aggressive towards prey, but attacks on divers or larger animals are rare. If provoked, it will fight back against the attacker.1

它害怕时会做什么？

If provoked, it will engage the attacker, and during the day it hides inside coral holes.1

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 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 11 根香蕉首尾相接一样长40 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Olive 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)

Olive sea snake 约 4.5 公里/小时 (2.8 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its tail has light-sensitive cells in the skin, which help it detect light and stay fully hidden inside coral holes during the day.1

Males sometimes approach divers, possibly because they mistake the divers for female sea snakes.1

Prawn trawls are one of its greatest threats, and up to 50% of olive sea snakes caught in trawls are killed.1

Males can reach sexual maturity in their third year, while females do not mature until their fourth or fifth year.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Sea snakes regularly attack divers.

真相： Attacks on divers are rare. Males that approach divers are likely mistaking them for females.1

给毒液专家

学名: Aipysurus laevis
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 gives birth to live young, with up to five at a time and, in rare cases, ten or eleven. Gestation lasts about nine months.1
寿命: 约 15 年1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3