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Southern stingray

Hypanus americanus
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa KibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The southern stingray is a flat, diamond-shaped fish that lives on the sea bed in warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It hides under sand and mud and is famous for the venomous spine on its tail. Divers and snorkellers often meet it in the Caribbean.1

Kibeera mu
Tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic, from New Jersey to southern Brazil, including the Caribbean1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani
Awaka
It lives on the sea bed, often in shallow water, and can be found singly or in pairs. In parts of the Caribbean, such as Grand Cayman, Antigua and Turks and Caicos, people meet it at places like Stingray City, the Sandbar and Gibbs Cay, where it swims with divers and snorkellers.1
Obuwanvu
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 22 km/h (14 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats small fishes, worms, crustaceans and bivalves. It is an opportunistic feeder that digs and sprays water from its mouth or flaps its fins to uncover hidden prey.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Southern stingray
Southern stingray. Ekifaananyi: D Ross Robertson. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • A flat, diamond-shaped body that is more angular than other rays1
  • Top of the body is olive brown or green in adults and dark grey in juveniles1
  • Underside is white1
  • A slender tail with a long, serrated, venomous spine at the base1
  • Eyes sit on top of the head, with small breathing openings called spiracles behind them1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The barb on the tail is covered in venomous mucus. The spines are not fatal to humans, but stepping on one causes intense pain.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The spines are not fatal to humans, but they are incredibly painful if stepped on. They are used to defend the stingray against predators, including humans.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It buries itself in the sea bed to avoid predators and uses its venomous tail spines to drive them off.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.

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?

Southern stingray kiwanvu nga 1,5 m (4,9 ft)Embwa nga 1 m (3,3 ft)Omuntu omukulu nga 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga kkapa ez'awaka 3 okuva ku nnyindo okutuuka ku mukirakiwanvu nga ndiizi 8 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 8,2

Southern stingray kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

In shallow waters, birds follow the stingrays as they dig, eating the fish that the stingrays uncover.1

2

Its eyes and breathing openings sit on top of its head, so it can take in water while lying on the sea bed or buried in sand.1

3

It senses hidden prey through Ampullae of Lorenzini, which pick up the electric fields that prey give off.1

4

It is nocturnal, so most of its hunting happens at night.1

5

Female southern stingrays grow much larger than males.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Hypanus americanus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Dasyatidae2
Ensengeka
Myliobatiformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It gives live birth after a pregnancy lasting about seven to eight months. In captivity, a litter of two to ten young has been recorded.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Southern stingray (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hypanus americanus (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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