Flamboyant cuttlefish
The flamboyant cuttlefish is a small sea creature that can change its colours and patterns in a flash. It lives in shallow tropical waters around northern Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is special because its flesh is poisonous to eat, and it walks along the sea floor instead of swimming.1

Uko wayimenya
- Has a very broad, oval body (mantle) and small, flat, fin-like flaps on the back1
- Broad, blade-like arms with four rows of suckers1
- Normal base colour is dark brown1
- When disturbed, it quickly turns black, dark brown and white, with yellow patches around the body, arms and eyes1
- Arm tips often flash bright red as a warning1
Imbaraga z'uburozi
Igira nabi gusa iyo hari ikiyiriye.
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.Its muscle tissue is highly toxic, so eating it can be dangerous.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
When disturbed or attacked, it changes colour to a dark, high-contrast pattern and shows bright red arm tips to warn off predators. It also walks along the sea floor while waving the wide membranes on its arms.1
Niba hari uwayikozeho cyangwa uwayiriye
- Gupfuka ukanda no kudanyeganyeza (pressure immobilisation): zingira bande ikweduka kandi ifashe neza hejuru y'aho yarumye, hanyuma uzamuke ku rugingo rwose, urushyireho agati ko kurukomeza (attelle), kandi umuntu agume atanyeganyega na gato kugeza ubutabazi buhageze.
- Octopus ifite impeta z'ubururu cyangwa cone snail bishobora gutuma umuntu ahagarika guhumeka nyamara akiri maso: hamagara ubutabazi kandi witegure kumuhumekera mu kanwa kugeza igihe abo mu mbangukiragutabara bagusimbuye.
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 2,5 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo
yakoga uburebure bw'ikidendezi kinini (metero 50) mu masegonda 12Flamboyant cuttlefish ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
A toxicology report found its muscle tissue highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod known to be poisonous.1
It is one of the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. This is because its cuttlebone lacks an outer cone, the part most other cuttlefish use to float.1
A female once laid about a dozen eggs inside an overturned half coconut husk, which kept them safe from fish.1
Its toxin has been compared with that of the blue-ringed octopus, but the strength of that link is disputed.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: Its bright arm display means it is a dangerous, deadly poisonous animal.
Ukuri: The display is thought to warn predators that its flesh is poisonous. However, significant amounts of toxin have not yet been isolated from this species, and preliminary tests found only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Metasepia pfefferi
- Itsinda
- Cone snail na octopus
- Umuryango
- Sepiidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Sepiida
- Imigabane
- Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja ya Korali, Inyanja ya Filipine, Inyanja ya Timor na Arafura, Inyanja ngari
- Abana bato
- Eggs are laid one at a time in crevices or on ledges in coral, rock or wood. Hatchlings look like adults and can copy the same camouflage patterns. They receive no care from their parents.1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 2 / 5: Irababaza3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Ascarosepion pfefferi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Metasepia pfefferi (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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