Dekai Hebi (Dekay's Snake)

Since I found an interesting animal on the Internet today, I will share it.

It is the snake named "Storeria dekayi", which is also called "Dekai hebi" ("hebi" means "snakes") in Japan.

This snake is widely distributed in North America, and the population is stable: there is completely no worry about the extinction.

The name, "Storeria" comes from an American physician and naturalist "David Humphreys Storer", and "dekayi" comes from an American zoologist "James Ellsworth De Kay."

Here, what's interesting about the name is that "dekai" is a casual expression that means "big" in Japan.

I think that if Japanese people hear the word "Dekai hebi", most of them will image "a big snake", but they will be confused later because the snake is actually very small.

デカイヘビ

今日はインターネット上で面白い動物を見つけたので、紹介します。

それは「ストレリア・デカイ」という蛇で、日本は「デカイヘビ」とも呼ばれます。

デカイヘビは北米地域に広く分布しており、生息数は安定していて、絶滅の心配は全くされていません。

「ストレリア」はアメリカの医師であり博物学者である「David Humphreys Storer」から、「デカイ」はアメリカの動物学者「James Ellsworth De Kay」から来ています。

この名前の何が面白いかと言うと、「デカイ」は日本語で「大きい」のカジュアルな表現であるということです。

「デカイヘビ」と聞くとほとんどの日本人は「大きい蛇」を想像しますが、実際にこの蛇はとても小さいので、きっと戸惑います。

• Since I found an interesting animal on the Internet today, I will share it.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• It is the snake named "Storeria dekayi", which is also called "Dekai hebi" ("hebi" means "snakes") in Japan.
• It is the snake named "Storeria dekayi", which is also called "Dekai hebi" ("hebi" means "snakes") in Japan).

• This snake is widely distributed in North America, and the population is stable: there is completely no worry about the extinction.
• This snake is widely distributed in North America, and the population is stable: there is completely no worry about the extinction of this species.

• The name, "Storeria" comes from an American physician and naturalist "David Humphreys Storer", and "dekayi" comes from an American zoologist "James Ellsworth De Kay."
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Here, what's interesting about the name is that "dekai" is a casual expression that means "big" in Japan.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• I think that if Japanese people hear the word "Dekai hebi", most of them will image "a big snake", but they will be confused later because the snake is actually very small.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

Thank you for sharing that story! It was interesting.

きょゆしていただきありがとうございます。
面白いです。

• It is the snake named "Storeria dekayi", which is also called "Dekai hebi" ("hebi" means "snakes") in Japan.
• It is the snake named "Storeria dekayi", which is also called "Dekai hebi" ("hebi" means "snake(s)") in Japan.

• This snake is widely distributed in North America, and the population is stable: there is completely no worry about the extinction.
• This snake is widely distributed in North America, and the population is stable with no signs of extinction.

• The name, "Storeria" comes from an American physician and naturalist "David Humphreys Storer", and "dekayi" comes from an American zoologist "James Ellsworth De Kay."
• The name, "Storeria" comes from an American physician and naturalist, David Humphreys Storer, and "dekayi" comes from an American zoologist James Ellsworth De Kay.

• I think that if Japanese people hear the word "Dekai hebi", most of them will image "a big snake", but they will be confused later because the snake is actually very small.
• I think that when Japanese people hear the word "Dekai hebi", most of them expect it to be a "big snake", but they will be confused later because the snake is actually very small.

Interesting! Speaking of snakes... It seems that 6 poisonous snakes were confiscated from an apartment in Edogawa-ku in Tokyo few days ago.
https://youtu.be/LrblEM-Bnz4