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Southern blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa
Ku linnya: It is named for the vibrant blue rings it shows when it is agitated.1
KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga okutta ku Nsi. Bw'ekuluma, kuba essimu okufuna obuyambi amangu ddala.Obuyambi obw'amangu n'eddagala eriwonya obusagwa (antivenom) biwonya abantu abasinga obungi. Kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze mangu ddala.
Cone snail ne octopus KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

The southern blue-ringed octopus is a small octopus that lives in tidal rock pools and rocky reefs along the south coast of Australia. It is one of four extremely venomous blue-ringed octopus species. Its body is usually drab, but its blue rings flash when it feels threatened.1

Kibeera mu
Southern coasts of Australia1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki
Awaka
It lives in tidal rock pools and in crevasses and cracks in rocky reefs. It also lives close to seagrass beds. Like other blue-ringed octopuses, it lives in burrows.1
Obuwanvu
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 25 km/h (16 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats mostly lobsters, crabs, shrimp and shellfish, including bivalve molluscs, and sometimes small fish. It pins down prey and injects venom through its beak, which paralyses the prey. It can also release venom as a mist into areas where prey gathers, so that prey swim into it and become paralysed.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Southern blue-ringed octopus
Southern blue-ringed octopus. Ekifaananyi: Christopher Mark. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • When calm, its colour is a drab, mucus-like colour.1
  • When threatened or aggravated, about 60 rings suddenly appear and flash blue-green.1
  • As an adult, it is up to 20 cm long, from the top of the mantle to the tip of the arms.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

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

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom contains maculotoxin, a deadly neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves), and tetrodotoxin (TTX), also a neurotoxin. Without immediate medical attention, a bite is often fatal to humans.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KittaEmu ku nsolo ezisinga akabi mu nsi.

The octopus is normally docile, but its venom can kill a human. A bite is often fatal without immediate medical attention. No cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans are known.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened, its drab colouring gives way to flashing blue-green rings.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Get immediate medical attention, because a bite is often fatal without it. No antivenom exists.1
  • 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

Wa mu nsi?

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

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Southern blue-ringed octopus kiwanvu nga 20 cm (7,9 in)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 6 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 7,2

Southern blue-ringed octopus kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Females only reproduce once in their lifetime. After the eggs hatch, the mother dies shortly afterwards, as she does not eat while guarding them.1

2

Young blue-ringed octopuses have no planktonic stage. They begin hunting at around one month old.1

3

The average lifespan is around seven months. The octopus reaches sexual maturity at about four months old.1

4

Females are choosy about mates. They are more willing to mate with larger males, and larger males try to mate more often than smaller ones.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Popular culture portrays the southern blue-ringed octopus as a sea devil that lies in wait to attack humans.

Amazima: Its venom is mainly used for hunting or defence. There are no reported cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hapalochlaena maculosa
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Octopodidae2
Ensengeka
Octopoda
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
The female carries her eggs with her instead of leaving them in one place, and the young hatch from them. The young are venomous from birth, and their blue rings appear about six weeks after hatching.1
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 0,61
Akabi eri abantu
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Ebituufu we biva

  1. Southern blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena maculosa (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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