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Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum
Mayelana negama: "Gila" comes from the Gila River Basin in Arizona and New Mexico, where the lizard was once common. "Heloderma" is Greek for "studded skin".1
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Izibankwa ezinobuthi UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The Gila monster is a heavy, slow-moving lizard with a venomous bite. It lives in the south-western United States and the Mexican state of Sonora. It is the only venomous lizard native to the United States, but it rarely poses a real threat to people.1

Ihlala
South-western United States and Sonora, Mexico, including Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico1
INyakatho Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland, and shelters in burrows, thickets and under rocks. It spends about 90% of its life underground. It can be seen in puddles after a summer rain.1
Ubude
26 cm kuya ku-56 cm (10.2 in kuya ku-1.8 ft)1
Isisindo
550 g kuya ku-800 g (1.2 lb kuya ku-1.8 lb)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 2.4 km/h (1.5 mph)
Emhlabathini: ohamba kancane
Sidlani?
It eats small mammals, small birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, eggs and carrion. It finds prey by smell, using its forked, black-blue tongue, and it hunts by day or night.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Gila monster
Gila monster. Isithombe: H. van der Ploeg. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Adults are yellow to pink on a black background.1
  • Hatchlings have a simple, uniform pattern that is less colourful, and it changes over their first 6 months.1
  • It has a heavy body, a stout snout and a massive head.1
  • Adults can reach 56 cm in total length.1
  • Males often have larger, more triangular heads than females.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: Its closest relatives are beaded lizards, which live in Mexico and Guatemala. In the United States, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The venom is made in glands in the lower jaw and flows along grooves in the lower teeth into the bite. It contains more than a dozen peptides and other substances, which cause pain and swelling. Four potentially lethal toxins have been found, which can cause bleeding inside the organs.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adults. One death has been confirmed since 1930, on 16 February 2024. Earlier deaths involved adults who were drunk or whose bite was treated badly. Bites are painful and can cause shock, but the lizard is sluggish and rarely a real threat.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Its bright colours may warn predators to keep away, because it can inflict pain.1

Uma siluma

  • Bites are painful and need emergency medical care, because the venom may cause shock. Get medical help as quickly as possible.1
  • Geza inxeba, gcina umuntu ezolile bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-AfrikaI-AsiaI-YurophuINyakatho MelikaINingizimu MelikaI-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Gila monster ubude obucishe bube ngu-56 cm (1.8 ft)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)Inja cishe 1 m (3.3 ft)

Sisinda kangakanani?

sisinda njengobhanana abangu-7
side njengobhanana abangu-3 abalandelanayoside njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-18 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-150 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Gila monster mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Exendin-4, one of the venom's peptides, led to the development of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.1

2

Young Gila monsters can swallow up to half of their body weight in a single meal.1

3

It can store fat in its tail and survive a whole season on three to four large meals in spring.1

4

Its venom is thought to have evolved mainly for defence, because its prey is mostly eggs, small animals and other helpless prey.1

5

It can climb trees, cacti and fairly straight, rough-surfaced walls.1

6

Its teeth are replaced throughout its life, and broken teeth are replaced by the teeth behind them.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Its bite is always fatal, and its breath is poisonous.

Iqiniso: The venom is usually not fatal to healthy adult humans. One death has been confirmed since 1930.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Heloderma suspectum
Iqembu
Izibankwa ezinobuthi
Umndeni
Helodermatidae2
Ukuhleleka
Squamata
Amazwekazi
INyakatho Melika
Izinsana
Females lay eggs after a shed lasting about 2 weeks. Eggs and young are more vulnerable to predators than adults.1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Gila monster (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heloderma suspectum (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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