Michigan Tsuas Xeeb Phom
Michigan tsuas muaj ib cov tshuaj lom neeg xwb: Eastern Massasauga ("Big River Mouth") Rattlesnake. Thaum nws hloov, Michigan yog nws lub tsev loj. Tsam koj xav tias nws nyob hauv cov hav zoov ntawm Upper Yav Qab teb, rov xav dua. Nws muaj nyob hauv Cheeb Tsam Feem Txom Xwm, nrog rau Oakland, Livingston thiab Washtenaw Counties. Qhov tseeb, Massasauga tau raug qhia nyob rau hauv Xya Lakes State Park thiab lub Tuam Tsev Lis ntawm Matthaei Botanical University hauv University of Michigan.
Habitat thiab Hibernation
Massasauga hibernates thiab tsis tuaj yeem txog thaum ntxov May thaum nws tua tau cov kab hauv crayfish nyob rau hauv thiab ib puag ncig swampland thiab marshy chaw. Nco ntsoov, qhov no yuav muaj xws li thaj chaw ncig nkoj nkoj. Nyob rau hauv lub caij ntuj sov, nws muaj peev xwm pom nyob rau hauv ntoo thiab nyob rau hauv prairie nyom. Hais tias tau hais tias, Massasauga tus lej yog cov tsis kam. Qhov no yog ib ntus vim yog dej hiav txwv dej hla qhov chaw ntawm cov chaw ntub dej.
Raug kev pheej hmoo
Thaum Massasauga lub venom yog cov feemcoob ntawm tagnrho cov rattlesnakes, qhov nyiaj ntawm venom hauv kev hno hauv ib qho yog me me. Qhov tseeb, tsuas yog li ntawm 75% ntawm Massasauga txoj kev noj tshuaj muaj venom txhua.
Thaum tus nab yuav sim los tiv thaiv nws tus kheej, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb thiab tsis yog kev txhoj puab heev. Ntawm ib-rau-ob tom ntawd txhua xyoo hauv Michigan, feem ntau yog rau tus neeg txhais tes. Kev tuag tseem tsis tshua muaj tsawg, thiab tsis muaj kev tuag nyob hauv Michigan nyob rau ntau tshaj 40 xyoo.
Hiking Precautions
Thaum Massasauga nyhav rau lwm txoj hauv kev thaum tib neeg nyob ze, cov neeg caij tsheb yuav tsum nyob twj ywm ntawm txoj kab ke, xyuam xim, thiab saib xyuas thaum hle kev cav - nyiam qhov chaw nkaum hauv Massasauga.
Nws kuj yog ib lub tswv yim zoo rau hnav ris ntev thiab / los yog khau boots. Yog tias koj yuav tsum tshwm sim rau Massasauga hauv koj lub tebchaws, zoo tshaj tawm nws ib leeg.
Yards
Muaj Massasauga uninvited hauv koj qhov chaw yuav tsis yog qhov teeb meem tshwj tsis yog tias koj nyob hauv cheeb tsam wetland. Yog li, koj tuaj yeem txo qhov yuav ua rau hla ciam av los ntawm kev tua nas thiab ntoo pawg hauv koj vaj, nrog rau kev cog qaub qaub thiab cov nyom ntawm cov nroj tsuag.
Yog tias koj pom Massasauga hauv koj qhov chaw, qhia rau Michigan Lub Chaw Haujlwm Nruab Nrab Tebchaws. Qhov yuav muaj yog nws yuav tawm ntawm nws tus kheej thiab yuav tsum tsis pub dhau 24 teev.
Kev sib ceg rau kev txuag
Hlub nws los yog ntxub nws, Massasauga Rattlesnake East yog ib feem ntawm Michigan's ecology thiab khoom noj khoom haus saw, yog li qhov poob ntawm nws tus xov tooj yuav tsum yog kev txhawj xeeb. Massasauga noj cov nas, shrews thiab nab me me (feem ntau yog nqos lawv tag nrho). Nws yog noj los ntawm tshuaj ntsuab, dav hlau, thiab eagles.