ʻO ka rattlesnake, rattlesnake a i ʻole pit viper kahi ʻohana nui i hui pū ʻia me 21 genus a me 224 mau ʻano.
Wehewehe
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻāhiu ʻelua mau dimples, aia ma waena o nā puka ihu a me nā maka o ka nahesa, kahi mea hoʻomehana pumehana. Kōkua lākou i ka nahesa e ʻimi holoholona ma muli o ka ʻokoʻa o ka mahana ma waena o ke kaiapuni a me ke kino o ka mea pio. E like me nā nahesa ʻawaʻawa āpau, he ʻelua ʻehā loloa loloa a ka hihi.
Ulu ʻo Rattlesnakes i ka lōʻihi mai 60 a 80 centimetres. Akā hiki i kekahi mau laha ke kiʻi i ʻekolu a me ka hapalua mika (bushmaster). A ʻo ka lālā liʻiliʻi loa o ka ʻohana he kanalima kenimika wale nō ka lōʻihi (ciper ciper). ʻO ke kala o ka ʻili o ka nahesa i ka hilinaʻi nui i ka genus, akā ʻo ka ʻōpū o nā ʻano āpau he melemele-beige me nā kiko ʻeleʻele.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi ke hoʻomohala ʻia ka hihiʻo a me ka lohe ʻana i nā rattlesnakes a ʻike wale lākou mai kahi mamao aku, akā maʻalahi ka nahesa i nā loli i ka lewa a me ka honua, a me nā loli o ka mahana (ʻo ka ʻokoʻa o ka 0.1 kekelē e ʻike ʻia no lākou).
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui o kēia subfamily ka uahi. I ka hopena o ka huelo (6-8 vertebrae) aia nā keratinized cone-shaped plate, pūnana ʻia i hoʻokahi i hoʻokahi. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau unahi huelo.
Kahi noho
Noho ka hapa nui o ka subfamily ʻohana rattlesnake i ʻAmelika. Ma kahi o 70 mau ʻano e noho nei ma ka Hikina Hema ʻo Asia. Noho ʻekolu ʻano ma ka panalāʻau o Rūsia, a i ʻole ma ka Hikina hikina. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me nā rattlesnakes ma India a me Sri Lanka. Ma ka hikina hoʻi i nā ʻāina e like me Kina, Iapana a me Kōlea ua aʻo e hoʻohana i kēia mau moʻo kuke.
He aha ka mea e ʻai ai
ʻO ka papaʻai nui o nā rattlesnakes e komo pū me nā holoholona koko liʻiliʻi (ʻiole, manu, ʻiole a me nā lāpaki paha). Eia kekahi i loko o ka papaʻai o nā ʻāhiu nāhelehe, nā moʻo liʻiliʻi, nā iʻa a me kekahi mau mea kolo (ʻenuhe a me nā cicadas).
Pepehi nā ʻāhi ahi i kā lākou mau mea i hōʻino ʻia me ka lāʻau make, e hoʻouka nei mai kahi hoʻohālua. Ma ke ʻano he lula, ʻimi ʻo ia i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule. ʻAi ka moʻo ma kahi o ka hapalua o kona kaupaona ponoʻī i ka wā alualu.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
E like me nā ʻano kope, he weliweli ka maka o nā kānaka no nā ʻāheu, e luku ana i nā nāhesa no ka makaʻu a no ka pīhoihoi paha o ka ʻimi holoholona.
Nui nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe o Rattlesnakes. He weasel kēia, he ferret a me ka marten. Mai nā manu - nā ʻaeto, peacocks a me nā ʻalalā. Hana nāwaliwali loa ka lāʻau make o ka nahesa i kēia mau holoholona. Eia kekahi, hiki i kekahi iʻa nui ke lilo i mea weliweli i nā ʻiole kolo.
Hoʻoweliweli pū kekahi i nā Raccoons a me nā coyotes no nā mākua a me nā holoholona ʻōpio.
Akā ʻo ka ʻenemi kamahaʻo loa paha ka puaʻa. ʻOiai mānoanoa ka ʻili a mānoanoa ka momona subcutaneile, ʻoiai me ka nahu ikaika, ʻaʻole komo ka lāʻau make i ke kahe o ke koko, a hōʻole nā puaʻa iā lākou e ʻai i ka nahesa. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia e nā mahiʻai (ma mua o ka palau ʻana i nā kula, hānai lākou i nā puaʻa ma luna o lākou).
Hoʻoweliweli nā mahana haʻahaʻa i nā nahesa ʻōpio.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
- ʻO kekahi ʻano o nā ʻāhiu ʻāhiu, ke koho ʻana i kahi lua, noho i loko o ia no nā makahiki he nui. Hala pinepine ʻo Nora mai kēlā hanauna a i kēia hanauna i nā makahiki he nui i hala.
- I loko nō o ko lākou helehelena kūpilikiʻi, he holoholona weliweli loa nā ʻāole. ʻAʻole lākou e hoʻouka kaua mua. A inā hoʻomaka kahi nahesa e hoʻopaʻa i kāna huelo, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo iki i ka mākaukau e hoʻolei. No laila hōʻike ʻo ia i kona hōʻoluʻolu a hopohopo, e hoʻoweliweli nei i kahi mea komo hewa.
- ʻO ka rattlesnake kekahi o nā mea ʻino weliweli loa i hiki ke pepehi i ke kanaka makua i loko o kekahi mau minuke. Akā no ka nahesa ponoʻī, ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli ka lāʻau make. A i nā manawa makaʻu hoʻi, ke hoʻolei wale ka nahesa a nahu i nā mea āpau a puni iā ia iho a ʻaʻole ia e hana ʻino iā ia.