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Blue sea dragon

Glaucus atlanticus
Ku linnya: The generic name Glaucus comes from the Ancient Greek word glaukós, meaning "bluish-grey", "bluish-green" or "gleaming".1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Cone snail ne octopus KibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The blue sea dragon is a small, bright blue sea slug that floats upside down on the open ocean. It drifts with winds and currents in warm and temperate seas around the world. It is special because it steals stinging cells from the animals it eats and uses them as its own weapon.1

Kibeera mu
Warm and temperate oceans worldwide, including South Africa, Europe, eastern Australia, Brazil, India and Thailand1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi
Awaka
It lives in the open ocean (the pelagic zone) and is carried by winds and currents. Because it sometimes washes up on shore, people may find it on beaches, for example in Thailand, Spain and Texas.1
Obuwanvu
3 cm (1,2 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It feeds on other floating sea animals, including the Portuguese man o' war and other venomous siphonophores. It bites off chunks of its prey with serrated teeth and a strong jaw.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Blue sea dragon
Blue sea dragon. Ekifaananyi: Sylke Rohrlach. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Usually around 3 cm long1
  • Floats upside down at the surface, with its blue side facing up1
  • Silvery grey on its back, which faces down in the water1
  • Dark blue stripes on its head1
  • Six finger-like, feathery appendages called cerata1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is closely related to G. marginatus, which is now known to be four separate species living in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It also shares the name "blue dragon" with Pteraeolidia ianthina and G. marginatus.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

It does not make its own venom. It takes the stinging cells (nematocysts) from the Portuguese man o' war and stores them in its cerata, a process called kleptocnidy. Because it concentrates this venom, its sting can be stronger than that of the animal it eats. Symptoms can include pain, nausea, vomiting, a rash, redness and blisters.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Picking up the animal can cause a very painful sting that may be potentially dangerous. Its sting produces symptoms similar to those of the Portuguese man o' war.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It stores stinging cells from its prey in its cerata and uses them against predators.1

Bwe kibojja

  • 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.
  • Blue-ringed octopus oba cone snail esobola okuyimiriza omuntu okussa ng'akyategeera: kuba essimu okufuna obuyambi era beera mwetegefu okumufuuwamu omukka (rescue breaths) okutuusa ambulensi lw'etuuka n'ekwata omulimu.

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 ekubojja: 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

Wa mu nsi?

AfirikaAsiyaBulaayaAmerika ey'ObukiikakkonoAmerika ey'ObukiikaddyoAwusitureeliya ne OseyaniyaOseyani ya PasifikiOseyani ya AtlantikiOseyani y'e Buyindi

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Blue sea dragon kiwanvu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
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Blue sea dragon kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

It can eat the Portuguese man o' war without harm, because it is immune to that animal's stinging cells.1

2

It floats upside down because its gas-filled stomach sac sits on the wrong side of its body, so its foot becomes its upper surface.1

3

Its blue colour is thought to reflect harmful ultraviolet sunlight.1

4

Its countershading, with blue on top and silver-grey below, helps it hide from predators above and below.1

5

It can lay up to 55 egg strings per hour.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Glaucus atlanticus
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Glaucidae2
Ensengeka
Nudibranchia
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
After mating, both partners lay egg strings with up to 20 eggs on each string, often in wood or on carcasses.1
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 11
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Glaucus atlanticus (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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