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Bootlace worm

Lineus longissimus

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Ritschs, stailas e verms

Tissi en sia pelMangia: CharnTossic, betg tissientà

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The bootlace worm is a ribbon worm that can be one of the longest animals known, with typical specimens measuring 5 to 15 metres. It lives along the coasts of northern Europe, including Britain, Norway and Denmark. Its thick, toxic mucus is its main defence.1

Tossic u tissientà? Animals tissientads injecteschan tissi cun ina morsa u ina piztgada. Animals tossics èn nuschaivels, sch'ins als tutga u als mangia. Quest qua è tossic.

Viva en

Coasts of Europe, from Iceland to the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic, including Britain, Norway, Denmark and Sweden1

Ocean Atlantic, Mar Mediterran, Ocean Arctic, Mar dal Nord

Pagina iniziala

It lives along coasts in the north-east Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic. It is the most common ribbon worm found along the coasts of Britain.1

Lunghezza

5 m fin 30 m (16 ft fin 98 ft)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Nudar, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It feeds on prey by pushing out its proboscis, a tube-like feeding organ. It has a cluster of sticky filaments at the end of the proboscis that it uses to immobilise its prey.1

Foto da Bootlace worm — Bootlace worm. Foto: Citron, retouched by Habitator terrae This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. The origina. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

The body is brown with lighter stripes running along its length.1
It is usually only 5 to 10 millimetres wide, but it can grow very long.1
When handled, it produces large amounts of thick mucus with a faint, pungent smell, like iron or sewage.1

Forza tossica

Tissi en sia pel

Sia pel è tossica. Igl è privlus d'al tutgar, d'al litgar u d'al mangiar.

Tge fa sia substanza tossica?

The bootlace worm does not bite or sting, so it is poisonous rather than venomous. Its mucus contains a relatively strong neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. The mucus is highly toxic, but tests showed low toxicity in human cells.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

No human injuries or deaths from this worm are known. Its mucus is highly toxic, so it is best not to touch it.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When handled, it releases large amounts of thick, toxic mucus, which it uses to deter predators.1

Sch'insatgi l'ha tutgà u mangià

Metta la plaja en aua chauda, uschè chauda sco che la persuna po supportar senza sa brischar, e tschertga agid medicinal per allontanar las spinas. N'emprova betg da las chavar ora sez.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sche ti l'has tutgà u mangià: na sfruscha betg ils egls u la bucca, lava ils mauns e tschertga agid medicinal.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. Ses tissi è mo là, per che nagin na al mangia. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Mar Mediterran Mar dal Nord

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 7 autos parcads in suenter l'auter

Quant grond è Bootlace worm cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Bootlace worm circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Ina persuna che nuda circa 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

In 1864, a specimen more than 55 metres long washed ashore after a severe storm near St Andrews, Scotland. It was longer than the lion's mane jellyfish.1

The bootlace worm is one of the longest known animals, and individuals have been recorded at up to 30 metres.1

Its mucus kills crabs and cockroaches in tests, and it could be used as an agricultural insecticide.1

Its body is very flexible and can stretch far beyond its usual length.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: The bootlace worm regularly grows to over 55 metres long.

Vardad: Reports of worms over 55 metres may be animals that were stretched. Ribbon worm bodies are flexible, so measurements should be treated with caution. Individuals are known to reach up to 30 metres.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Lineus longissimus
Gruppa: Ritschs, stailas e verms
Famiglia: Lineidae2
Urden: Heteronemertea
Continents: Ocean Atlantic, Mar Mediterran, Ocean Arctic, Mar dal Nord, Ils oceans
Privel per umans: 1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

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