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Natal Greater weever
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Greater weever

Trachinus draco
Ko faati e innde ndee: The word "weever" is thought to come from the Anglo-Saxon word "wivre", meaning "viper".1
Ina sokli doktoorWota a meemHertaani warde, kono so gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor.
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke Gaaɗe tookeIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiSo gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The greater weever is a small sea fish that buries itself in shallow sand along the eastern Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Its spines carry a venom that causes intense pain, so it is one of the most dangerous fishes in the Mediterranean for swimmers.1

Ina wuuri e
Eastern Atlantic from Norway to Morocco, plus the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas1
Geec Atlantik, Geec Mediteraane, Geec Rewo
Hello arano
It lives in water from shallow depths down to 150 m, mostly over muddy or sandy sea floors. In shallow water it hides in fine sand, where bathers may step on it or fall onto it, especially in summer.1
Juuteendi
9,5 cm haa 40 cm (3,7 in haa 1,3 ft)1
Teddeendi
5,3 g haa 1,7 kg (0,2 oz haa 3,8 lb)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 6 km/h (3,7 mph)
Yoowde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is an ambush predator that waits buried in sand during the day, with only its eyes and the tip of its dorsal fin showing. It attacks prey that come close in a swift, sudden movement, mainly small fish, decapods and mysids.1
Goonga!Natal Greater weever
Greater weever. Natal: Tomasz Sienicki [user: tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com]. CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Elongated, flattened body with a mouth that points upwards and a lower jaw longer than the upper jaw1
  • Large, flat head with the eyes sitting almost on top of it1
  • Greenish brown colour with several dark marks on the upper side of the head1
  • Yellowish brown flanks with bright blue and yellow broken stripes, plus oblique black stripes along the sides that look tiger-like1
  • Venomous spines on the first dorsal fin and on each gill cover1

Doole tooke

Gaaɗe tooke

Gaaɗe ceeɓɗe ina ndondii tooke. Yaabde e mum walla nanngude ɗum ina muusi.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The venom contains a large protein called Dracotoxin, which can be lethal in high enough doses. It damages cell membranes, and the sting is followed by a short period of tissue changes around the wound. The best-known effect is excruciating pain that begins shortly after the sting and can last from a few hours to days.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiSo gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The most common incident happens when a bather steps, jumps or falls onto a buried greater weever in shallow water, especially in summer. Fishermen handling fish caught in nets are also at risk. The pain can reach 10 out of 10 on the numeric rating scale, and some stings have caused pain for months, though this is rare. Reported fatal accidents exist, but these are widely believed to be due to secondary infections and sepsis rather than the toxin itself.1

So gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma

  • Naatnu gaañande nden e ndiyam guleeɗam, guleeɗam no neɗɗo oo waawi muññude tawa sumaani (ƴeewr ɗum e jungo maa), hojomaaji 30 haa 90. Heɓ ballal cafrol, ɓuri noon ngam liƴƴi kaaƴe e liƴƴi raay.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Greater weever hedde 40 cm juutde (1,3 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)

Hol no teddiri?

teddude no banaanaaji 14
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 12 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi yoowde juuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) e segonde 30

Hol no Greater weever mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its venom glands sit in the skin, and the sting works through a groove along each spine that carries the venom into the wound.1

2

It is classed as one of the most venomous fishes in the Mediterranean.1

3

The record weight is 1.74 kg, for a specimen caught off La Gomera in the Canary Islands in 2005.1

4

Its diet changes with size: small mysids are the most common prey for fish under 20 cm, while cephalopods and fish make up a bigger share of the diet in larger fish.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: A weever sting is often thought to be fatal because of the venom itself.

Goonga: Reported fatal accidents are widely believed to be caused by secondary infections and sepsis rather than the toxin itself.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Trachinus draco
Fedde
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke
Ɓesngu
Trachinidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geec Atlantik, Geec Mediteraane, Geec Rewo, Geece mawɗe
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It is egg-laying and releases its eggs into open water, where each egg is 4.8–6.8 mm across and hatches after about three months. It is not known to provide any parental care.1
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Greater weever (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Trachinus draco (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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