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Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Mayelana negama: British zoologist John Edward Gray first described it in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, which he called the "gigantic water lizard".1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.

Izibankwa ezinobuthi

UkulumaSidla: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Ihlala

Arid desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range1

I-Australia ne-Oceania

Ekhaya

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

Ubude

2.5 m (8.2 ft)1

Isisindo

20 kg (44 lb)1

Ijubane eliphezulu

cishe 18 km/h (11 mph)

Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje

Sidlani?

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

Isithombe sika-Perentie — Perentie. Isithombe: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

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

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: Rock monitors can reach a similar length, but they are much bulkier. Perenties are very lean for their size.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Senzani uma sesabile?

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

Uma siluma

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-Afrika I-Asia I-Yurophu INyakatho Melika INingizimu Melika I-Australia ne-Oceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Sisinda kangakanani?

sisinda njengamakati asekhaya angu-5

side njengezinja ezingu-2.5 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-14 abalandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-20 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Perentie mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

Ingane egibele ibhayisikili cishe 12 km/h (7.5 mph)

Perentie cishe 18 km/h (11 mph)

Umuntu ogijima ngejubane cishe 37 km/h (23 mph)

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

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

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

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

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

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

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

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

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

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

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi: Varanus giganteus
Iqembu: Izibankwa ezinobuthi
Umndeni: Varanidae2
Ukuhleleka: Squamata
Amazwekazi: I-Australia ne-Oceania
Izinsana: The perentie lays its eggs in termite mounds or in the soil.1
Simo saso endle: Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

Perentie (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Varanus giganteus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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