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Black-banded sea krait

Laticauda semifasciata
Ku linnya: In Japan it is called erabu umi hebi, which means 'erabu sea snake'.1
Kisobola okuttaKisobola okukutta nga tofunye bujjanjabi. Bwe kikuluma, funa obuyambi mangu.
Emisota gy'ennyanja KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

The black-banded sea krait is a sea snake with venom that is reportedly ten times stronger than a cobra's. It lives in the warm western Pacific Ocean, mostly around coral reefs. It spends much of its life in water but needs to come up to breathe.1

Kibeera mu
Western Pacific Ocean, including China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, and waters near southern South Korea1
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo
Awaka
It frequents coral reefs and searches their tight spaces. Near shore it gathers in numbers, breeding in narrow reef cracks and caves. In some warm years it moves into sea caves and tide pools on the Ryukyu cliffs in Japan.1
Obuwanvu
1,7 m (5,6 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 4,2 km/h (2,6 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is too slow to chase prey in open water, so it explores small spaces within coral reefs to find hidden fish and other animals of suitable size. Some hunting is done in groups, with bluefin trevally waiting nearby to catch fish flushed out by the snake.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Black-banded sea krait
Black-banded sea krait. Ekifaananyi: anonymous. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Has a short head, thick body and no clearly visible neck1
  • Its tail is flattened and fin-like, made of extended skin with no bony support1
  • Has a comparatively wide stomach1
  • Is nocturnal and rarely seen during the day1
  • Breathes air and surfaces at least once every six hours1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The bite is highly venomous and paralyses the prey. The venom glands are located behind the eyes.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.

Its venom is reportedly ten times stronger than cobra venom, so any bite should be treated as serious.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It prefers to save its energy and venom for hunting, so it strikes only as a very last resort when cornered, threatened or provoked.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Okunyiga n'okunyweza ekitundu (pressure immobilisation): zinga bandeeji egolomoka ennywevu ku kifo ekirumiddwa, oluvannyuma ogende waggulu ku kitundu kyonna, kinyweze n'omuti (splint), era omuntu muleke ateetambulira ddala okutuusa obuyambi lwe butuuka.
  • Ggya omuntu mu mazzi omutwale mu ddwaliro mangu.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Black-banded sea krait kiwanvu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)Akagaali k'omuntu omukulu nga 1,8 m (5,9 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 3 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 9 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 43

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Ebituufu

1

Its venom is reportedly ten times stronger than that of a cobra.1

2

It has been observed hunting in cooperative 'alliances' with bluefin trevally, which pick off small fish that the snake flushes from the coral.1

3

In some warm years, large numbers gather in sea caves and tide pools on the Ryukyu cliffs in search of fresh water and possibly to mate.1

4

Although it lives in the sea, it lays its eggs on land.1

5

In southern Japan its meat is used in a winter broth called irabu-jiru, which is said to taste like miso and a little like tuna.1

6

Its northward spread into waters near South Korea is linked to climate change, which has damaged its habitat.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Laticauda semifasciata
Ekibinja
Emisota gy'ennyanja
Amaka
Elapidae2
Ensengeka
Squamata
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
Females lay 3 to 7 eggs on land, and the eggs hatch after 4 to 5 months.1
Akabi eri abantu
4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Black-banded sea krait (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Laticauda semifasciata (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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