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Short-nosed sea snake

Aipysurus apraefrontalis

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

咬伤吃：肉

The short-nosed sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in the sea. It is found on reefs off the northern coast of Western Australia, and it spends its whole life in the water. Scientists know very little about it, and it is considered rare.1

生活在

Reefs off the northern coast of Western Australia, including Ningaloo Reef and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands1

印度洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

首页

It lives in the sea on reefs. It prefers water deeper than 10 metres, but rests during the day under coral overhangs in water less than 2 metres deep. It forages on reef flats.1

长度

60 cm (2 ft)1

最高速度

约 3.6 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It mostly preys on eels, and also on gobies. It forages on reef flats and uses its strong venom to subdue its prey.1

Short-nosed sea snake的照片 — Short-nosed sea snake。照片：Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen。 CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Mainly brown, with a slender body1
Darker purplish-brown bands along the body1
Small, pointed head1
Grows up to 60 cm long1

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？

It has strong venom, which it uses on its prey.1

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印度洋珊瑚海帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 根香蕉首尾相接一样长50 秒就能游完一个大泳池（50 米）

Short-nosed 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)

Short-nosed sea snake 约 3.6 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一名奥运游泳选手 约 8 公里/小时 (5 mph)

值得了解

事实

It can stay underwater for as long as two hours, closing its nostril valves while it dives.1

It also absorbs oxygen through its skin, which is shed more often than in land snakes. This helps remove attached sea creatures.1

It has only one lung, which is cylindrical and almost as long as its body.1

Males have two penises, called hemipenes, but only one is used during mating.1

A gland under its tongue excretes salt.1

给毒液专家

学名: Aipysurus apraefrontalis
类别: 海蛇
家人: Elapidae2
排序: Squamata
大洲: 印度洋, 珊瑚海, 帝汶海和阿拉弗拉海, 海洋
宝宝: It is ovoviviparous, so it gives birth to live young, and its whole reproductive cycle takes place at sea. Its broods are small.1
它在野外过得怎么样: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, 2018). It was assessed as Critically Endangered in 2010.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3