Michiganine Chete Chepfu Inyoka
Michigan ine imwe nyoka inouraya: Eastern Massasauga ("Big River Mouth") Rattlesnake. Sezvo zvinosvika, Michigan ndiyo iyo imba yayo huru. Zvichida iwe unofunga kuti inowanikwa mumasango eUpper Peninsula, funga zvakare. Iyo inowanika inowanikwa muNenth Peninsula, kusanganisira Oakland, Livingston uye Washtenaw Counties. Zvechokwadi, Massasauga yakataurwa mu Seven Lakes State Parks uye Matthaei Botanical Gardens paYunivhesiti yeMichigan.
Habitat uye Hibernation
ImaMasasauga hibernates uye haisati yasimuka kusvika pakutanga kwaMay apo inosvava yekrayfish mune uye inopoteredza nharaunda uye nharaunda. Ramba uchifunga, izvi zvinogona kusanganisira nzvimbo dzakapoteredza chikepe. Mumwedzi yezhizha, inogona kuwanika mumatanda uye mumasango. Izvo zvataurwa, nhamba dzeMasaasauga dziri kuderera. Ichi chikamu chinokonzerwa nemugwagwa wekumasango kunotora nzvimbo dzemvura.
Bite Risk
Kunyange zvazvo urombo hweMasasauga humwe humwe hwakanyanya kupfuura dzose dze rattlesnakes, kuwanda kwehutachi mu injject mukuruma zvishoma. Zvechokwadi, inenge 75 muzana chete yeAmasasauga yakarova ine uturu zvachose.
Apo nyoka ichaedza kuzvizvidzivirira pachayo, inofambisa uye haina kunyanya kupesana. Kubva kune rimwe-vaviri-vaviri vanocheka zvinowanzoitika gore negore muMichigan, vazhinji vari kuruoko rwomunhu. Rufu haruwanzoitiki, uye hapana rufu rwakaparidzwa muMichigan mumakore anopfuura makumi mana.
Hiking Precautions
Kunyange zvazvo Massasauga inowanzoenda kune imwe nzira apo vanhu varipo, vanofamba-famba vanofanira kugara mumigwagwa, kuteerera, uye kutarisira pavanodarika matanda - nzvimbo dzinofanirwa kuvanda nzvimbo dzeMasasauga.
Iyowo pfungwa yakanaka yekufuka shangu refu uye / kana bhoti. Kana iwe uchifanirwa kuitika paMasasauga mumafambiro ako, zvakanakisisa zisiye ndega.
Yards
Kuva neMasaasauga asina kuzivikanwa mujeri rako zvichida haisi nyaya kunze kwekuti iwe unogara munzvimbo ine mvura. Kana zvakadaro, unogona kuderedza mukana wekudarika nekubvisa makarite nemapuranga ematanda mujeri rako, pamwe nekuchengeta shrubs uye uswa hwakagadzirirwa.
Kana iwe ukawana Massasauga mujeri rako, uudze iyo kuMichipatimendi reDhipatimendi reMari. Mukana iwoyo uchabva woga uye ugoenda maawa masere makumi maviri nemaviri.
Arguments for Conservation
Kuchida kana kuvenga, East Massasauga Rattlesnake chikamu chezvakagadziriswa zveMichigan uye chekudya, saka kupera kwenhamba dzayo kunofanira kuva kunetseka. Massasauga anodya mice, shrews nediki nyoka (kazhinji dzinovamedza zvachose). Inodyiwa nemhashu, marangi, uye eagles.