Njoka Yokha ya Poizoni ya Michigan
Michigan ili ndi njoka imodzi yokha yoopsa: East Massasauga ("Big River Mouth") Rattlesnake. Pamene zikuchitika, Michigan ndi nyumba yake yaikulu. Mwina simukuganiza kuti ili kumtunda wa Phiri Peninsula, ganiziraninso. Amapezeka makamaka ku Lower Peninsula, kuphatikizapo Oakland, Livingston ndi Washtenaw Counties. Ndipotu, Massasauga apezeka ku Seven Lakes State Parks ndi Matthaei Botanical Gardens ku University of Michigan.
Habitat ndi Hibernation
Misa ya Massasauga imakhala ikuwombera ndipo siimatuluka mpaka kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa May pamene imakafuna nsomba zazingwe m'madera otsetsereka. Kumbukirani, izi zingaphatikizepo malo ozungulira ngalawa. M'miyezi ya chilimwe, imapezeka m'mitengo ndi m'minda ya udzu. Izi zikunenedwa, chiwerengero cha Massasauga chikuchepa. Izi ndizochepa chifukwa cha kugwidwa kwa midzi ya m'midzi kudutsa madera.
Ngozi Yopweteka
Ngakhale kuti chifuwa cha Massasauga ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zamphamvu kwambiri za rattlesnake, kuchuluka kwa utsi wa jekeseni wa jekeseni umakhala wochepa kwambiri. Ndipotu, pafupifupi 75 peresenti ya zilonda za Massasauga zili ndi nthenda iliyonse.
Pamene njokayo idzayesa kudziteteza, imakhala yosasunthika komanso yosakwiya kwambiri. Mwa kuluma kwa awiri kapena awiri komwe kumachitika chaka chilichonse ku Michigan, ambiri amakhala m'manja mwa munthu. Imfa ndi yovuta kwambiri, ndipo palibe imfa yomwe yakhala ikudziwika ku Michigan m'zaka zoposa 40.
Kuwongolera Mapiri
Ngakhale kuti Massasauga amatha kupita kumalo ena pamene anthu ali pafupi, oyendayenda amafunika kukhala pamsewu, kumvetsera, ndi kusamala pamene akudutsa mitengo - malo obisala a Massasauga.
Ndibwinonso kuvala mathalauza aatali ndi / kapena mabotolo. Ngati mukuyenera kupita ku Massasauga paulendo wanu, muzisunga nokha.
Yards
Kukhala ndi Massasauga osalandiridwa pabwalo lanu sikungakhale vuto ngati simukukhala kudera lamadzi. Ngati ndi choncho, mukhoza kuchepetsa kulakwitsa pochotsa makoswe ndi milu m'bwalo lanu, komanso kusunga zitsamba ndi udzu.
Ngati mumapeza Massasauga pabwalo lanu, lipotireni ku Dipatimenti Yachilengedwe ya Michigan. Mwinanso amachoka payekha ndipo apita mkati mwa maola 24.
Mikangano Yosungirako
Kuzikonda kapena kudana nazo, East Massasauga Rattlesnake ndi mbali ya chilengedwe cha Michigan ndi chakudya, kotero kuchepa kwa manambala ake kuyenera kukhala kovuta. Massasauga amadya mbewa, nsonga ndi njoka zazing'ono (kawirikawiri zimawameza iwo onse). Amadyedwa ndi zinyama, mbalame, ndi mphungu.