Blue-capped ifrit
Strup v kožiJe: ŽuželkeStrupena za dotik ali zaužitje, ne ob ugrizu ali pikuThe blue-capped ifrit is a small forest bird with a bright blue cap on its head. It lives only in the high, wet forests of New Guinea. It matters because its feathers and skin carry a strong poison that the bird picks up from its food.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Brown upperparts with finely dotted wing edges, and light-yellow underparts1
- A bright blue cap outlined in black, with a small black spot on the crown1
- A long white stripe beside the eye, with a thin black line inside it, and a narrow white ring around the eye1
- A stout body with a broad chest, short rounded wings and feathered legs1
- Males have whiter ear streaks and more vivid head and neck colours than females1
Moč strupa
Njena koža je strupena. Nevarno se je je dotakniti, jo polizati ali pojesti.
Kaj naredi njen strup, če se je dotakneš ali jo poješ?
This bird is poisonous rather than venomous, because it does not bite or sting. Its feathers and skin contain batrachotoxin (BTX), a neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. BTX holds open the sodium channels in muscle and nerve cells, which can cause muscle paralysis and potentially death. It is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, and in people it causes sneezing, irritation and allergic reactions when they handle the bird.1
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: BlagaKot čebelji pik ali manj. Za ljudi praktično neškodljiva.Handling the bird can cause sneezing, irritation and allergic reactions in people. The toxin is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, but the bird is not aggressive.1
Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?
Its toxic feathers and skin protect it against predators and parasites.1
Če se je je kdo dotaknil ali jo pojedel
- Če jo je kdo pojedel ali ima po zaužitju simptome: takoj pokliči številko za klic v sili ali center za zastrupitve.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če si se je dotaknil ali jo pojedel: ne drgni si oči ali ust, umij si roke in poišči zdravniško pomoč.
Ne preži nate. Njen strup je tam samo zato, da je nihče ne poje. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
Koliko tehta?
dolga kot 5 kock za igranje v vrsti
zmore preleteti celo nogometno igrišče v 9,5 sekundahKakšne velikosti je Blue-capped ifrit v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
It is one of the few birds known to store batrachotoxin, a poison that is thought to be deadlier than cyanide, in its feathers and skin.1
It is resistant to its own poison because of a gene mutation that changes the shape of its sodium channel. Similar mutations are found in poison dart frogs.1
It does not make its own poison. It gets the toxin from Choresine beetles it eats, and possibly from soil mites or certain plants.1
Its toxin-covered feathers may rub off onto its egg or nest, which may protect them from predators.1
The species is an ancient one that dates back to the Oligocene epoch, when New Guinea was a series of islands.1
It is the only living member of its family, Ifritidae, so the family has just one species.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: The bird makes its own poison.
Resnica: The toxin is thought to come from its diet, mainly Choresine beetles.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
- Znanstveno ime
- Ifrita kowaldi
- Skupina
- Druge živali, strupene za dotik ali zaužitje
- Družina
- Ifritidae2
- Red
- Passeriformes
- Celine
- Avstralija in Oceanija
- Mladiči
- Nesting runs from August to November. Each clutch usually holds a single white egg with black and purple spots, laid in a nest of moss and fern about 2 to 3 metres above the ground.1
- Kako ji gre v naravi
- Least concern1
- Nevarnost za ljudi
- 1 / 5: Blaga3
Od kod so dejstva
- Blue-capped ifrit (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ifrita kowaldi (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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