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Common cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis
Ku linnya: The colour sepia, a deep brown, is named after this cuttlefish and is made from its ink sac.1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Cone snail ne octopus KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The common cuttlefish is a sea creature related to squid and octopuses. It is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. It lives on sand and mud seabeds in the Mediterranean, North Sea and Baltic Sea.1

Kibeera mu
Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea; subspecies have been proposed as far south as South Africa1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ey'Obukiikakkono (North Sea)
Awaka
It lives on sand and mud seabeds and can tolerate brackish water, where fresh and salt water mix. It moves inshore in spring and summer to spawn, then moves to depths of 100 to 200 metres in autumn and winter.1
Obuwanvu
49 cm (1,6 ft)1
Obuzito
4 kg (8,8 lb)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 15 km/h (9,3 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp, small bottom-living fish, and molluscs such as clams and snails. Sometimes it eats other cuttlefish when other prey is scarce. At night it ambushes prey from under the sand or mud.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Common cuttlefish
Common cuttlefish. Ekifaananyi: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Two highly developed eyes and eight arms around the mouth, plus two longer feeding tentacles1
  • An internal shell, the cuttlebone, on the back of the body1
  • Males in breeding season show a bold black and white zebra pattern on the mantle1
  • Females in breeding season show a uniform grey colour1
  • Can change colour and skin texture to blend into its surroundings1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It hides by camouflage, sitting still while a predator passes. If found, it jets away using its siphon and often releases ink.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.
  • 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 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?

Common cuttlefish kiwanvu nga 49 cm (1,6 ft)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)

Kizitowa kyenkana wa?

kizitowa nga kkapa ez'awaka 1
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 2,5 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkiwanvu nga bbulooka 15 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkizitowa nga kkapa ey'awakakyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 12

Common cuttlefish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Cuttlefish can change colour and skin texture within seconds, and this camouflage ability is present before they hatch, as young can change their pattern from inside the egg.1

2

Young cuttlefish learn prey preferences before hatching. Embryos that see crabs later hunt crabs more often than shrimp.1

3

The colour sepia, a deep brown, is named after this cuttlefish and is extracted from its ink sac.1

4

Cuttlebones are sold as a source of calcium for pet parrots, and they help keep the bird's beak trimmed.1

5

Cuttlefish ink is used as a food ingredient that stains dishes deep black.1

6

Large numbers of cuttlefish die after spawning, and they usually live only up to 2 years.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Sepia officinalis
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Sepiidae2
Ensengeka
Sepiida
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ey'Obukiikakkono (North Sea), Oseyani
Abaana abawere
The female attaches between 150 and 4000 eggs to seaweed, shells or other surfaces. The eggs hatch after 30 to 90 days, depending on temperature, into miniature adults.1
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 21
Kiri kitya mu nsiko
Least Concern1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Common cuttlefish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sepia officinalis (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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