Venomous animals in a changing world

Martínez, P.; Gutiérrez, José Marı́a; Olalla‐Tárraga, Miguel Á.; Amado, Talita Ferreira

doi:10.1111/gcb.16175

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“…The availability of water and temperature changes have allowed us to find these species in places where they were not before, thus increasing the anthropogenic risk level for poisonous animals. Highlighting species with tropical affinity benefited from climate change, such as rattlesnakes [46], scorpions [47], and spiders [48], which show displacement to the north, Therefore, the integration of epidemiological, spatial, and ecological studies will be necessary to anticipate future changes and devise effective interventions [49].…”

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confidence: 99%

Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

Rodríguez Soto,

Roque Vilchis,

Cadena Vargas

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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In recent years, the morbidity and mortality rates caused by stings and bites of poisonous species have been constant in Mexico; such a phenomenon has been emphasized due to the dominance or modification of the natural geosystem. The modification in the availability of water resources has caused changes in the climate, extreme droughts, and floods that influence the distribution of species, generating risks where they did not occur before. With the aforementioned, it is important to identify risky points through the development of new cartography in the country, which allows an analysis from a spatial and geostatistical perspective. Based on the number of victims of stings or bites, there will be a sharp increase in exposure to poisonous animals where the distribution of these species overlaps with areas of high vulnerability as well as social and natural contact in Mexico. The aim of this study is to model the anthropogenic risk of poisonous species in Mexico in a spatial way (data from 2010–2017). The spatial analyses of this study were carried out throughout the Mexican territory and focused on species such as coral snakes, rattlesnakes, scorpions, and centipedes. The variables of vulnerability, danger, and exposure were considered to create a generalized risk model using the core area alternative in the zonation program, allowing a spatial analysis. The methodology consisted of six stages: (1) the identification of threats and records collected from chosen poisonous animals; (2) obtaining risk models by using the Zonation software that summarized all the species distribution modeling (SDM); (3) the development of a general anthropogenic vulnerability indicator; (4) obtaining the general exposure model with the index of accessibility to medical services; (5) obtaining risk models; and (6) the validation of risk models with morbidity and mortality rates by obtaining geostatistical models. The highlighted risk areas are the Pacific Ocean coast from Southern Sinaloa to the border of Michoacán, a corridor from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca, central Guerrero, northern Michoacán, and northwestern Nuevo León.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

Rodríguez Soto,

Roque Vilchis,

Cadena Vargas

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Just as with snakes, scorpion sting envenomation emerges as a serious health problem in certain regions of the world, resulting in 1.2 million annual occurrences and over 3000 deaths (Chippaux & Goyffon, 2008). Cases of envenomation from spider bites, as well as from other arthropods and marine organisms, equally represent a significant concern in the medical field (Martinez et al, 2022). These accidents typically occur in areas with lower socioeconomic status, precarious housing, rural communities, areas with limited access to healthcare services, and a scarcity of medical resources (Gutiérrez et al, 2017).…”

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The relationship and consequences of venomous animal encounters in the context of climate change

da Silva Freitas,

de Moura,

Buffarini

et al. 2024

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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“…Some of this is undoubtedly reflective of automatic motivations, which have long been held to be linked to evolutionary responses to the potential for life‐threatening or life‐changing interactions with wildlife (e.g., venomous snakes, large carnivores), although other causal models seem often to be more appropriate (Norberg et al., 2024). Snake bites in particular remain a significant human health issue in some regions (Gutiérrez et al., 2017; Kasturiratne et al., 2008), and some species may become more problematic with climate change (Martinez et al., 2022). By contrast, whilst historically more common (Quammen, 2012), large predator attacks on people are globally currently quite infrequent, although when these do occur they can be subject to graphic media reports (Bombieri et al., 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Characterizing personalized ecologies

Gaston

2024

Journal of Zoology

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People have unique sets of direct sensory interactions with wild species, which change through their days, weeks, seasons, and lifetimes. Despite having important influences on their health and well‐being and their attitudes towards nature, these personalized ecologies remain surprisingly little studied and are poorly understood. However, much can be inferred about personalized ecologies by considering them from first principles (largely macroecological), alongside insights from research into the design and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring programmes, knowledge of how animals respond to people, and studies of human biology and demography. Here I first review how three major sets of drivers, opportunity, capability and motivation, shape people's personalized ecologies. Second, I then explore the implications of these mechanisms for how more passively and more actively practical improvements can be made in people's personalized ecologies. Particularly in light of the declines in the richness of these ecologies that are being experienced in much of the world (the so‐called ‘extinction of experience’), and the significant consequences, marked improvement in many people's interactions and experiences with nature may be key to the future of biodiversity.

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Venomous animals in a changing world

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

Anthropogenic Risk to Poisonous Species in Mexico

The relationship and consequences of venomous animal encounters in the context of climate change

Characterizing personalized ecologies

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