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Greater blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata
Ibyerekeye izina: Its common name comes from the blue rings on its skin, which are larger than those of related octopuses.1
YicaImwe mu nyamaswa zica cyane ku Isi. Niba ikurumye, hamagara ubutabazi ako kanya.Ubufasha bwihuse n'umuti urwanya ubumara (antivenom) bikiza abantu benshi. Hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi ako kanya.
Cone snail na octopus IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.

The greater blue-ringed octopus is a small sea creature that lives in the warm shallow waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including around Australia. It is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, so knowing what it looks like matters.1

Iba muri
Tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, and from Australia to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu1
Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja ya Korali, Inyanja ya Filipine, Inyanja ya Timor na Arafura
Ahabanza
It lives in shallow water over mixed seabeds such as rubble, reefs and sand. It hides in a burrow and comes out only to find food or a mate. The entrance to its burrow is littered with leftover crab and shell remains, which makes it easy to spot.1
Uburebure
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 25 km/h (16 mph)
Koga, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It eats small crabs, shrimp and molluscs, and sometimes small injured fish. It pounces on prey, seizes it with its arms and pulls it to its beak, which pierces the shell or exoskeleton and releases venom.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Greater blue-ringed octopus
Greater blue-ringed octopus. Ifoto: Jens Petersen. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • A small octopus, up to 10 cm with its arms included, weighing about 80 grams on average.1
  • Electric blue rings, about 7 to 8 mm across, roughly 60 of them, spread over its whole skin.1
  • The rings flash iridescent blue as a warning signal, each flash lasting about a third of a second.1
  • Its body colour varies from yellow ochre to light brown, or whitish when inactive.1
  • Blue lines run through its eyes.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom contains tetrodotoxin (TTX), a powerful neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. It paralyses the muscles needed for movement, and in people it can lead to death through respiratory paralysis, which means the breathing muscles stop working. Symptoms include tingling and numbness of the face and lips, sweating, severe headaches, dizziness, speech problems, weakness and vomiting. Symptoms can appear between 15 minutes and four hours after a bite, and the victim stays conscious throughout.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: YicaImwe mu nyamaswa ziteje akaga kurusha izindi ku isi.

The bite is capable of being fatal to humans. The bite is painless, so a person may not notice it. Children are more sensitive to the toxin. Death can occur between 20 minutes and 24 hours after symptoms begin.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

It flashes its blue rings as a warning to predators, and it uses its venom to defend itself.1

Niba iruma

  • 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 imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Greater blue-ringed octopus ireshya hafi 10 cm (3,9 in)Trombone yo gufata impapuro hafi 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefoni igezweho hafi 15 cm (5,9 in)
ireshya n'ibice 3 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakoga uburebure bw'ikidendezi kinini (metero 50) mu masegonda 7,2

Greater blue-ringed octopus ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

The greater blue-ringed octopus is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, despite being small.1

2

Its venom contains tetrodotoxin, the same toxin found in pufferfish.1

3

There is no known antidote or antitoxin for tetrodotoxin, and the toxin does not break down when heated or boiled.1

4

Its blue rings are a warning signal to predators, showing that it is highly venomous.1

5

Males die after mating, and females die after guarding their eggs because they refuse to eat.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: A small octopus is harmless.

Ukuri: Despite its small size, its bite can be deadly to humans.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Hapalochlaena lunulata
Itsinda
Cone snail na octopus
Umuryango
Octopodidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Octopoda
Imigabane
Inyanja y'Abahinde, Inyanja ya Pasifika, Inyanja ya Korali, Inyanja ya Filipine, Inyanja ya Timor na Arafura, Inyanja ngari
Abana bato
The female lays 50 to 100 eggs, which she carries under her arms for about a month. The young hatch as tiny planktonic paralarvae, about the size of a pea.1
Igihe ibaho
hafi imyaka 21
Akaga ku bantu
5 / 5: Yica3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Greater blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena lunulata (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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