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Crown cone

Conus regius
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 crown cone is a sea snail that lives in warm western Atlantic waters. It is a predator, and its sting can injure or kill people, so it is one to treat with great care. It is known to science for its unusually complex venom.1

Kibeera mu
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko
Awaka
A marine snail found from the shallows down to 95 m deep.1
Obuwanvu
7,5 cm (3 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
The crown cone is a predatory snail.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Crown cone
Crown cone. Ekifaananyi: Almed2. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Usually chestnut brown with blue-white spots1
  • Shell colour varies, with white, yellow-brown and pale brown forms1
  • Low spire with distinct small bumps (tubercles) and fairly straight sides1
  • Opening (aperture) has a white inside, sometimes with chestnut blotches1
  • Maximum shell length of about 7.5 cm1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom contains a conotoxin called reg2a, which is made of 16 amino acids. It is the most potent known blocker of acetylcholine receptors in the vertebrate brain, a receptor type with a very high affinity for nicotine. The venom also blocks calcium receptors in sensory nerve cells, which stops nerve impulses from travelling along the nerve.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The crown cone is capable of stinging and injuring or killing humans. Live snails should be handled carefully or not at all.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

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Crown cone kiwanvu nga 7,5 cm (3 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 2,5 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkirwawo okusinga ekkovu ly'omu nnimiro

Crown cone kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

The crown cone has more different conotoxins than any other cone snail species.1

2

Its conotoxin reg2a may be of medical importance in research on nicotine addiction.1

3

The venom acts on the nervous system by blocking calcium receptors in sensory nerve cells.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Conus regius
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Conidae2
Ensengeka
Neogastropoda
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Conus regius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Conus regius (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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