I-pygmy rattlesnake eboshwe ngamaketanga yiyona kuphela inhlobo yaseMichigan (eU.SA) ezobalwa ngaphansi koMthetho Wezinhlobo Ezisengozini.
I-US Fish and Wildlife Service izosebenzisana ne-Centre for Biological Diversity ukusebenzela ukuvikela izinhlobo zezilwane ezisengozini ezingama-757. Emuva ngo-1982, lenyoka, ebizwa nangokuthi "Massasauga", yahlukaniswa "njengezinhlobo ezikhathaza kakhulu" kanye "nezinhlobo ezisengozini yokuqothulwa."
Ukucekelwa phansi kwamaxhaphozi nezindawo eziphakeme eziseduzane e-American Midwest, okubangelwe ukwanda kwamadolobha nezigodi kanye nomhlaba wezolimo, kushiye inyoka ebizwa nge-pygmy rattlesnake enezindawo zokuhlala ezimbalwa kakhulu.
Ngokusho kuka-Eliza Bennett, ummeli eCentre for Biological Diversity, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokusindisa iMassasaugu ekuqothulweni ukugcina indawo efanelekile, futhi yimithetho efanelekile kuphela engasiza.
Njengoba iDetroit Free Press isho, ukwakhiwa cishe okungalawulwa kwamapulazi amasha nemigwaqo akuholelanga ekulahlekelweni kwendawo kuphela, kepha nasezinkinga ezinkulu zokuthola ukudla okulungele izinyoka. Imisebenzi yabantu ivimbela izinyoka ekufudukeleni ngokukhululeka ziye kwezinye izindawo lapho zingathola indawo yokuhlala nokudla okufanele.
UBruce Kingsbury we-Environmental Resource Centre uthe imvamisa iMassasauga itholakala emgwaqeni noma eduze kwendlela, kanti isikhathi esiningi iba nokwesaba. Izinyoka azihambi njengezinye izilwane zisuka kwenye indawo ziye kwenye. Ngakho-ke, uma kubekwa umgwaqo, indawo yokuhlala noma ipulazi phambi kwabo, kuzobonwa njengesithiyo endleleni futhi inyoka izomane ibuyele emuva, ibuyele lapho ivela khona.
Inyoka eboshwe ngamaketanga i-rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus iyinyoka enesihlungu yokuzilibazisa, ehamba kancane enomzimba ojiyile, onsundu, ngokusho koMnyango Wezemvelo waseMichigan. Njengomthetho, akahlaseli umuntu, kepha uma kwenzeka ingozi angaziluma isikhumba sakhe ngeminwe yakhe. Kuyiqiniso, lo shevu awubulali kumuntu futhi umphumela wawo ukhawulelwe ekulimaleni kwezikhungo zemizwa kanye nokopha. Entwasahlobo, bakhetha ukuhlala emaxhaphozini avulekile noma emaxhaphozini anamahlathi, bathuthele ezindaweni eziphakeme ezomile ehlobo. IMassasauga yondla ikakhulukazi ama-amphibian, izinambuzane nezilwane ezincelisayo ezincane.
