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Flamboyant cuttlefish

Metasepia pfefferi
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Cone snail ne octopus Kya butwa okulyaKirya: EnnyamaKya butwa, si kya busagwa
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The flamboyant cuttlefish is a small sea creature that can change its colours and patterns in a flash. It lives in shallow tropical waters around northern Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is special because its flesh is poisonous to eat, and it walks along the sea floor instead of swimming.1

Kya butwa oba kya busagwa? Ensolo ez'obusagwa ziteeka obusagwa mu mubiri nga ziruma oba nga zibojja. Ensolo ez'obutwa za kabi okukwatako oba okulya. Kino kya butwa.
Kibeera mu
Tropical Indo-Pacific: northern and eastern Australia, southern New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura
Awaka
It lives on sand and mud in shallow water, from 3 to 86 m deep. It is active during the day, when it hunts fish and crustaceans. Its striking display colours make it a popular species for private and public aquariums.1
Obuwanvu
6 cm okutuuka ku 8 cm (2,4 in okutuuka ku 3,1 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 15 km/h (9,3 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts fish and crustaceans during the day. It stalks its prey using complex and varied camouflage.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Flamboyant cuttlefish
Flamboyant cuttlefish. Ekifaananyi: Kai Squires. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Has a very broad, oval body (mantle) and small, flat, fin-like flaps on the back1
  • Broad, blade-like arms with four rows of suckers1
  • Normal base colour is dark brown1
  • When disturbed, it quickly turns black, dark brown and white, with yellow patches around the body, arms and eyes1
  • Arm tips often flash bright red as a warning1

Amaanyi g'obutwa

Kya butwa okulya

Kya kabi bwokka singa ekintu kikirya.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Its muscle tissue is highly toxic, so eating it can be dangerous.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When disturbed or attacked, it changes colour to a dark, high-contrast pattern and shows bright red arm tips to warn off predators. It also walks along the sea floor while waving the wide membranes on its arms.1

Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde

  • 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'oba okikutteko oba okiridde: tokolokota maaso go wadde akamwa, naaza engalo zo era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.

Tekikunoonya. Obutwa bwakyo buliwo bwokka tewabaawo kikirya. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Flamboyant cuttlefish kiwanvu nga 8 cm (3,1 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 lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 12

Flamboyant cuttlefish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

A toxicology report found its muscle tissue highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod known to be poisonous.1

2

It is one of the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. This is because its cuttlebone lacks an outer cone, the part most other cuttlefish use to float.1

3

A female once laid about a dozen eggs inside an overturned half coconut husk, which kept them safe from fish.1

4

Its toxin has been compared with that of the blue-ringed octopus, but the strength of that link is disputed.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Its bright arm display means it is a dangerous, deadly poisonous animal.

Amazima: The display is thought to warn predators that its flesh is poisonous. However, significant amounts of toxin have not yet been isolated from this species, and preliminary tests found only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Metasepia pfefferi
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Sepiidae2
Ensengeka
Sepiida
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
Eggs are laid one at a time in crevices or on ledges in coral, rock or wood. Hatchlings look like adults and can copy the same camouflage patterns. They receive no care from their parents.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Ascarosepion pfefferi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Metasepia pfefferi (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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