Grey side-gilled sea slug
The grey side-gilled sea slug is a soft-bodied sea snail without a shell, found in the sea around New Zealand, south-eastern Australia and parts of Asia. It is poisonous rather than venomous: it does not bite or sting, but eating it can be dangerous. It became a public concern in New Zealand in 2009, when several dogs died after eating it.1

Cara mengenalinya
- Mottled pale grey body, densely patterned with short, brown broken lines1
- Wedge-shaped head with two sensory tentacles, called rhinophores1
- Smooth body covering (mantle) with folds and puckers, and a foot that extends well beyond it1
- No remnant of a shell1
- Feathery gill tucked under the right side of the mantle1
Kuasa racun
Ia hanya berbahaya jika ada yang memakannya.
Apa kesan racunnya?
It does not have venom. Its harm comes from tetrodotoxin, a poison that attacks the nerves. In 2009, several dogs in the Auckland Region of New Zealand died of tetrodotoxin poisoning after eating this slug on beaches.1
Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?
Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.In 2009, several dogs died in the Auckland Region after eating this slug, and children and pet owners were asked to avoid beaches. Recreational fishing was also interrupted for a time. Investigators found the slugs most likely picked up the poison from dead fish they fed on, and similar poisoning has not happened again.1
Jika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya
- Jika seseorang memakannya atau ada simptom selepas memakannya: hubungi nombor kecemasan atau pusat racun dengan segera.
Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas
Kekal selamat
- Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
- Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
- Jika kamu menyentuh atau memakannya: jangan gosok mata atau mulut, basuh tangan dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan.
Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Racunnya ada hanya supaya tiada apa yang memakannya. Lagi tentang keselamatan
Di mana di dunia?
Berapa besar ia?
Berapa panjang ia?
sepanjang 3 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisBerapa besar Grey side-gilled sea slug berbanding KAMU?
Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.
Berapa laju ia?
Fakta
Its poison is tetrodotoxin, the same kind of toxin found in some pufferfish.1
It has no shell, although it is a type of sea snail (gastropod mollusc).1
It lives for 2 to 3 years and dies after spawning in winter.1
It has spread far beyond its native range, reaching about 2,000 km of the south-western Atlantic coast after it was first reported in Argentina in 2009.1
Its eggs hatch into free-swimming larvae that drift as plankton for about three weeks before settling.1
Pemecah mitos
Mitos: Every grey side-gilled sea slug is dangerously poisonous.
Hakikat: Differences in toxicity between regions are likely due to differences in diet, not to separate species. The poison most likely comes from the food the slug eats, such as dead fish.1
Untuk pakar bisa
- Nama saintifik
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
- Kumpulan
- Haiwan beracun lain
- Keluarga
- Pleurobranchaeidae2
- Susunan
- Pleurobranchida
- Benua-benua
- Lautan Pasifik, Lautan Selatan, Antartika, Lautan
- Anak
- It produces small eggs that hatch after about a week. The young live as plankton for about three weeks before settling on the seabed.1
- Jangka hayat
- kira-kira 3 tahun1
- Bahaya kepada manusia
- 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3
Dari mana fakta datang
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
- Venom Wiki: tahap bahaya, saiz biasa dan anggaran kelajuan adalah penilaian kami sendiri. Lihat cara kami mengiranya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.
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