Devil reef crab
The devil reef crab is a brightly patterned crab that lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Hawaii. It is one of the most dangerous crabs in the world to eat, because its flesh and shell contain strong nerve poisons.1

Imbaraga z'uburozi
Igira nabi gusa iyo hari ikiyiriye.
Uburozi bwayo bukora iki?
This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it harms people when eaten rather than through a bite or sting. Its shell and meat contain tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, which are neurotoxins (poisons that attack the nerves). They are absorbed through the gut and interfere with the sodium channels in nerve cells.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.Poisoning from this crab can be fatal. In the Philippines, 50% of intoxication cases are reported to be fatal, and 12 people died on Negros Island in the 1980s. In Timor-Leste, one man died within hours of eating it, and in February 2021 two children in Cagayan died after eating crab their father had caught.1
Niba hari uwayikozeho cyangwa uwayiriye
- Niba hari uwayiriye cyangwa afite ibimenyetso nyuma yo kuyirya: hamagara ako kanya nimero y'ubutabazi cyangwa ikigo gishinzwe uburozi.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba wayikozeho cyangwa wayiriye: ntukube amaso cyangwa umunwa, karaba intoki kandi ushake ubufasha bwa muganga.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Uburozi bwayo buriho gusa kugira ngo hatagira ikiyirya. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ni hehe ku isi?
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ireshya n'ibice 3 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoDevil reef crab ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
Both the shell and the meat contain dangerous neurotoxins, so the crab is not safe to eat in any part.1
Some specimens have been found to contain more than 3000 MU of saxitoxin per gram, a lethal amount for humans.1
The toxins are the same kind of compound that makes pufferfish poisonous.1
The Philippines reports this crab as the most poisonous crab in its waters.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Zosimus aeneus
- Itsinda
- Izindi nyamaswa zifite uburozi
- Umuryango
- Xanthidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Decapoda
- Imigabane
- Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja Itukura, Inyanja ya Korali, Inyanja ya Filipine, Inyanja y'Amajyepfo y'u Bushinwa, Inyanja ya Timor na Arafura, Ikigobe cya Bengali, Inyanja ngari
- Akaga ku bantu
- 5 / 5: Yica3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Zosimus aeneus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Zosimus aeneus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
Buri kintu kivugwa kuri iyi paji gifite nimero yerekana aho cyavuye. Niba twibeshye, tubabarire, turi abakunzi b'inyamaswa, ntituri ikinyamakuru cya siyansi. Tubwire kuri [email protected] tuzabikosora.
Ifite uburozi iyo iriwe
Uko wayimenya