Flamboyant cuttlefish
The flamboyant cuttlefish is a small sea creature that can change its colours and patterns in a flash. It lives in shallow tropical waters around northern Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is special because its flesh is poisonous to eat, and it walks along the sea floor instead of swimming.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- Has a very broad, oval body (mantle) and small, flat, fin-like flaps on the back1
- Broad, blade-like arms with four rows of suckers1
- Normal base colour is dark brown1
- When disturbed, it quickly turns black, dark brown and white, with yellow patches around the body, arms and eyes1
- Arm tips often flash bright red as a warning1
Awuduro ahoɔden
Ɛyɛ asiane bere a biribi adi no nko ara.
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.Its muscle tissue is highly toxic, so eating it can be dangerous.1
Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?
When disturbed or attacked, it changes colour to a dark, high-contrast pattern and shows bright red arm tips to warn off predators. It also walks along the sea floor while waving the wide membranes on its arms.1
Sɛ obi de ne nsa ka anaa ɔdi a
- Pressure immobilisation: fa elastic bandage a ɛyɛ den kyekyere baabi a ɛkaa no so, na afei kyekyere kɔ soro wɔ nsa anaa nan no nyinaa so, fa splint kyekyere ho, na ma onipa no ntena dinn koraa kosi sɛ mmoa bɛba.
- Octopus a ɔwɔ nkaa bruu anaa cone snail betumi ama onipa agyae home bere a ɔda so nim deɛ ɛrekɔ so: frɛ ma wɔmmɛboa, na siesie wo ho sɛ wobɛhome ahyɛ n'ano mu (rescue breaths) kosi sɛ ambulance no bɛba abɛgye so.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ wode wo nsa kaa no anaa wodii a: mfa wo nsa ntwitwi w'ani anaa w'ano, hohoro wo nsa na hwehwɛ dɔkota mmoa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ne ho awuduro no wɔ hɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a biribiara renni no. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
Wiase mu baabi bɛn?
Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?
Ne tenten te sɛn?
ne tenten te sɛ agodeɛ blɔk 2,5 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ mu
ɛbɛtumi aguare aguare tare kɛseɛ tenten (50 m) wɔ anibu 12 muFlamboyant cuttlefish kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.
Ne ntɛm te sɛn?
Nsɛm
A toxicology report found its muscle tissue highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod known to be poisonous.1
It is one of the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. This is because its cuttlebone lacks an outer cone, the part most other cuttlefish use to float.1
A female once laid about a dozen eggs inside an overturned half coconut husk, which kept them safe from fish.1
Its toxin has been compared with that of the blue-ringed octopus, but the strength of that link is disputed.1
Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: Its bright arm display means it is a dangerous, deadly poisonous animal.
Nokorɛ: The display is thought to warn predators that its flesh is poisonous. However, significant amounts of toxin have not yet been isolated from this species, and preliminary tests found only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin.1
Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Metasepia pfefferi
- Kuo
- Cone snails ne octopus
- Abusua
- Sepiidae2
- Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
- Sepiida
- Asaase akɛseɛ
- India Po, Pacific Po, Coral Po, Philippine Po, Timor ne Arafura Po, Po akɛseɛ
- Mmofra nketewa
- Eggs are laid one at a time in crevices or on ledges in coral, rock or wood. Hatchlings look like adults and can copy the same camouflage patterns. They receive no care from their parents.1
- Asiane ma nnipa
- 2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Ascarosepion pfefferi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Metasepia pfefferi (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
Ɛyɛ awuduro sɛ wodi a
