Hawksbill sea turtle
The hawksbill sea turtle is a sea turtle with a sharp, hooked beak and a shell with a saw-edged rear. It lives mainly in warm tropical reefs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is critically endangered, and its flesh can become toxic to eat.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Sharp, curving, hooked beak-like mouth1
- Shell edge at the rear looks serrated, like a saw or steak knife1
- Shell has an amber background with light and dark streaks, and black or mottled-brown colours at the sides1
- Two visible claws on each front flipper1
- Shell colour changes slightly with water temperature1
Amaanyi g'obutwa
Kya kabi bwokka singa ekintu kikirya.
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya kabi nnyoKisobola okutta omuntu atafunye bujjanjabi.The main risk to people is from eating its flesh, which can become toxic after the turtle eats venomous cnidarians (jellyfish-like animals). The sources give no figures for illness or deaths.1
Kikola ki nga kitidde?
It uses its strong shell to squeeze into tight spaces in reefs, and it may seek places where it can camouflage or hide from predators.1
Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde
- Omuntu bw'aba nga akiridde oba alina obubonero oluvannyuma lw'okukirya: kuba amangu ddala ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze oba ekifo ekikola ku butwa (poison centre).
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
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
Kizitowa kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 2 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukira
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 6 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiriri
kyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 7,5Hawksbill sea turtle kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
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Ebituufu
It is biofluorescent and is the first reptile recorded with this trait, meaning it glows under certain light.1
Some sponges it eats are highly toxic to other animals, and it can eat them without harm.1
It closes its unprotected eyes when feeding on stinging animals, and the Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells cannot pierce its armoured head.1
Sponges make up most of its food, which makes it the only primarily sponge-eating reptile among sea turtles.1
Its shell was the main source of tortoiseshell used for decorative items.1
In the eastern Pacific, it nests and feeds mainly in mangrove estuaries rather than on reefs.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Eretmochelys imbricata
- Ekibinja
- Ensolo endala ez'obutwa
- Amaka
- Cheloniidae2
- Ensengeka
- Testudines
- Ssemazinga
- Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya China ey'Obukiikaddyo, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal, Ekikono kya Kalifoniya, Oseyani
- Abaana abawere
- Hawksbills nest on beaches, and young hatch from the nests. In 2018, around 120 juveniles recently hatched at Pulau Satumu, Singapore.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- Critically endangered1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 4 / 5: Kya kabi nnyo3
Ebituufu we biva
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eretmochelys imbricata (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- 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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