Mary Allen
Ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - a hiki i ka ʻākau a hiki i Indiana a hiki i ke komohana a hiki i Texas - ʻo ka nahesa e ʻau ana i kou waʻa he moccasin wai ʻoi aʻe paha ia (Agkistrodon piscivorus) ma mua o ka nahesa wai ʻino ʻole. ʻO nā moccasins wai he pit vipers, ʻo ia hoʻi he mau kino nui, kaumaha a me nā poʻo triangular. Hoʻohālikelike kekahi nahesa ʻē aʻe i kēia mau ʻano, akā pono ʻoe i ka ʻike hou aku e hana i kahi ʻike maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, loaʻa i nā moccasins wai nā hōʻailona idiosyncratic a me nā maʻamau ʻauʻau, no laila ʻoiai hiki ke hana ʻia ka makaʻu i ka loaʻa ʻana, ʻaʻole maʻalahi.
Hiki i nā Cottonmouth ke ʻimi i ka mea pio ma ka wai a ma ka ʻāina. ʻAi lākou i nā iʻa, nā mammals liʻiliʻi, nā manu, nā amphibians, a me nā mea kolo - me nā nahesa ʻē aʻe a me nā moccasins wai liʻiliʻi, e like me ka University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web (wehe ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao hou) (ADW).
ʻO ke ʻano moccasin wai
Hiki ke ʻike mua ʻia ka moccasin wai i ka ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha, akā inā ʻoe e nānā pono hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pinepine i nā kaula ʻeleʻele a me ka melemele e hoʻopuni ana i kona kino nui. Inā ʻōpiopio ka nahesa, hiki ke ʻālohilohi kēia mau māka. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ke ʻano daimana, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā kaula i nā hōʻailona ma ka rattlesnake, he mea kūpono ia no ka mea he pili ka rattlesnake.
E like me nā pit vipers, ʻoi aku ka ʻāʻī o ka moccasin wai ma mua o kona poʻo triangular a me kona kino ikaika. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe makemake e hoʻokokoke aku e ʻike i kēia, akā ʻo ka moccasin wai he mau haʻawina kūpaʻa e like me nā ʻāpana, ma mua o nā haumāna poepoe o nā nahesa wai ʻino ʻole. He lālani unahi hoʻokahi kona ma kona huelo, ʻaʻole like me nā nahesa make ʻole, ʻelua lālani ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi.
ʻO Cottonmouths nā moccasins wai
ʻO ka moccasin wai ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka cottonmouth, a ʻo ke kumu no ka pale ʻana i ka nahesa i ka wā e hoʻoweliweli ʻia ai. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i kona kino, hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe i kona poʻo a hāmama ka waha e like me ka hiki. He keʻokeʻo ke kala o ka ʻili o ka waha o ka nahesa e like me ka pulupulu – no laila ka inoa cottonmouth. Ke ʻike ʻoe i kēia ʻano, ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻi hope me ka mālie akā wikiwiki, no ka mea ua mākaukau ka nahesa e hahau.
Wai Moccasins Aloha Wai
ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā moccasins wai mamao loa mai ka wai. Makemake lākou i nā loko, nā loko a me nā kahawai me ka nui o nā meaʻai na lākou e hopu ai. ʻAi ʻo Cottonmouth i nā iʻa, nā amphibians, nā manu, nā mammals, nā alligators pēpē, a me nā waha pulu liʻiliʻi.
ʻIke maʻalahi ka ʻauʻau pulupulu mai ka nahesa wai maʻamau. Mālama ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o kona kino ma luna o ka wai, me he mea lā e ʻau ana. ʻO nā nahesa wai, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, mālama ka hapa nui o ko lākou kino i lalo; ʻo ke poʻo wale nō i ʻike ʻia.
Ke ʻauʻau ʻole, makemake nā moccasins wai i ka lā ma luna o nā pōhaku a me nā lāʻau ma kahi kokoke i ka wai. ʻAʻole lākou piʻi i nā kumulāʻau, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hāʻule ma luna o kou poʻo, akā inā ʻoe e hele ana ma kahi kahawai a i ʻole ka loko - ʻoiai i ka hoʻoilo - he mea maikaʻi e nānā i ka ʻaoʻao mamao o kahi. e kakau ma mua o ka hehi ana.
E makaʻala i nā hoʻohālike
Hoʻohālike ka nahesa wai banded (Nerodia fasciata) i nā ʻano o ka moccasin wai e ʻoliʻoli i nā pono o kahi ʻōnaehana lawe ʻawaʻawa me ka loaʻa ʻole o kekahi o lākou. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i kona poʻo a me kona kino ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia e hōʻike i ke kino momona o ka wai moccasin a me ke poʻo triangular ma mua o ka hiki. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo kūpono. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia e ka ʻawaʻawa nui o ka nahesa wai, lōʻihi lōʻihi, huelo haiki, a me nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole ʻeleʻele i ka huelo e like me nā kaha o ka moccasin wai.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia, ua like ke ʻano o ka nahesa wai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka moccasin wai, akā ʻo ka ʻokoʻa loa ma waena o lākou ʻo ka lua ʻike wela, kahi i hāʻawi ai i ka inoa ʻo pit vipers. Aia ia ma ka lae ma luna a ma waena o nā puka ihu o ka moccasin wai. ʻAʻohe lua o ka nahesa wai banded.
Ma hea ka nui o nā moccasins wai?
Loaʻa nā moccasins wai ma ka hikina US mai ka Great Dismal Swamp ma ka hikina hema o Virginia, ma ka hema ma o ka peninsula Florida a ma ke komohana a hiki i Arkansas, hikina a me ka hema o Oklahoma, a me ke komohana a me ka hema o Georgia (koe ʻo Lake Lanier a me Lake Allatoona).
He aha ka mea e pepehi ai i ka cottonmouth?
He kūʻokoʻa maoli nā Kingsnakes i ka lua viper a pepehi mau a ʻai i nā pulu pulupulu, rattlesnakes, a me nā poʻo keleawe.
Pehea ka lōʻihi e paʻi ai ka moccasin wai?
Hiki i nā pulupulu ulu piha ke kokoke i ʻeono kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea liʻiliʻi, maʻamau ʻekolu a ʻehā mau wāwae. Paʻa ka nahesa i kona poʻo ma kahi kihi o 45 degere a hiki ke ʻike i ka neʻe ʻana no kahi mamao ma kahi o kanalima kapuaʻi.
Pehea ka lōʻihi ma hope o ka nahu ʻana o ka moccasin wai?
ʻO nā maʻi e hōʻike ana ma hope o ka nahu ʻana o ka pulupulu pono e nānā ʻia no ʻewalu mau hola ma hope o ka envenomation. Inā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona kino a hematologic i loko o ʻewalu mau hola, a laila hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mea maʻi i ka home.
Pehea ʻoe e pale ai i nā moccasins wai?
Hiki i ka moccasin wai ke nahu iā ʻoe ma lalo o ka wai?
Ma waho aʻe o nā nahesa kai, ʻelua mau nahesa maʻamau i hiki ke noho i loko a i ʻole kokoke i ka wai - ka pulupulu (water moccasin) a me ka nahesa wai. ʻAʻole hiki i nā nahesa wale ke nahu i lalo o ka wai, akā hui pū nā moccasins wai i kahi papa inoa o nā ʻano 20 ʻoi aku o nā nahesa make ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻoweliweli iā lākou.
He mea ʻino nā moccasins wai?
ʻAʻole paʻakikī nā moccasins wai, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e ʻōlelo pēlā. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai iā lākou, ʻo ia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa e pale aku i ko lākou ala. Ke hehi ʻole ʻoe iā lākou, hiki iā lākou ke ʻā a nahu ma ke ʻano he ʻano pale ponoʻī.