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Perentie

Varanus giganteus
名字的由来： British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1
只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。
有毒的蜥蜴 咬伤吃：肉
对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The perentie is one of the largest lizards alive, and the largest in Australia. It lives in the dry deserts of the west, centre and north of the country, where it is rarely seen. It is a powerful hunter that eats a wide range of animals, and it is important in many Aboriginal cultures.1

生活在
Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1
澳大利亚和大洋洲
首页
Perenties live in rocky outcrops and gorges with hard-packed soil and loose stones. They are shy and usually avoid people, so they are rarely seen, especially as much of their range is remote.1
长度
2.5 m (8.2 ft)1
体重
20 kg (44 lb)1
最高速度
约 18 公里/小时（11 英里/小时）
在陆地上, 粗略估计
它吃什么？
Perenties are active hunters that mostly eat reptiles, small mammals and sometimes birds. They also scavenge carrion, and adults can kill kangaroos, using their powerful forelimbs and claws to tear off pieces too large to swallow whole.1
真的！Perentie的照片
Perentie。照片：Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE。 CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

  • Head and neck are creamy-white with a net-like (reticulated) pattern of black lines and flecks.1
  • Body is yellow or cream, with brown rosette markings on the back.1
  • Limbs are dark with white spots.1
  • Very lean for a large monitor, so much less bulky than a rock monitor of similar length.1

常被误认为： Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.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？

Researchers at the University of Melbourne found in 2005 that monitors may be somewhat venomous, which means they inject mild venom with a bite. A perentie bite can cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting (the blood's ability to clot is affected in the area), and shooting pain up to the elbow that can last several hours.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The bite can do much damage, not only from the teeth but also from the oral secretions.1

它害怕时会做什么？

If threatened, a perentie will usually freeze flat on the ground or run away. If cornered, it stands its ground, inflates its throat, hisses, strikes with its tail, and may lunge with its mouth open.1

如果它咬人

  • 清洗伤口，让人保持冷静并就医。

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？

Perentie 约 2.5 m 长 (8.2 ft)大人的自行车 约 1.8 m (5.9 ft)一辆汽车 约 4.5 m (15 ft)

它有多重？

和 5 只家猫一样重
和 2.5 只狗鼻子接尾巴一样长和 14 根香蕉首尾相接一样长20 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Perentie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？

值得了解

事实

1

Perenties eat other monitor lizards, including a 2 m perentie that was seen killing and eating a 1.5 m one.1

2

They often stand on their back legs and tail to get a better view, a behaviour called "tripoding".1

3

Perenties are among the largest living lizards, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor.1

4

Perenties can dig a burrow for shelter in only minutes.1

5

The species was first named the "gigantic water lizard", even though it lives in dry desert country.1

6

The perentie has long been important to desert Aboriginal peoples, who ate it as food and used its fat for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： Monitor lizard bites were thought to cause problems only because of infection from bacteria in the animal's mouth.

真相： Researchers showed that the immediate effects of monitor bites, including swelling and pain, are caused by mild envenomation.1

给毒液专家

学名
Varanus giganteus
类别
有毒的蜥蜴
家人
Varanidae2
排序
Squamata
大洲
澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝
The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
它在野外过得怎么样
Least Concern1
对人的危险
2 / 5: 很疼3

事实的来源

  1. Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
  3. 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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