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Turtle cone

Conus ermineus
Kyetaaga omusawoTekitera kutta, naye okubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Cone snail ne octopus KibojjaKirya: Ebyennyanja
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The turtle cone is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell. It lives in warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters, and it can sting people. Its venom is strong enough that live ones should be left alone.1

Kibeera mu
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America, off West Africa and Cape Verde, and off Tanzania in the Indian Ocean1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko
Awaka
It lives in the sea, from the surface down to 101 metres deep. Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres off the west coast of Barbados.1
Obuwanvu
10 cm (4,1 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts small fish. It fires a specialised hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula (a ribbon-like feeding organ) into the fish and paralyses it with venom, so it can be swallowed.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Turtle cone
Turtle cone. Ekifaananyi: Almed2. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • It is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell.1
  • Its shell can reach 103 mm (10.3 cm) in length.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom contains a delta-conotoxin, called delta-EVIA, which affects the sodium channels in the nerves of vertebrates (animals with backbones). These channels control nerve signals, so the venom interferes with how nerves work.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

The turtle cone can sting humans, so it should be treated with caution. 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

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Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Turtle cone kiwanvu nga 10 cm (4,1 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
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Ebituufu

1

It fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula to stab small fish and paralyse them.1

2

Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres deep off Barbados.1

3

It lives in waters from the surface down to 101 metres deep.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Conus ermineus
Ekibinja
Cone snail ne octopus
Amaka
Conidae2
Ensengeka
Neogastropoda
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

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