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Bluebottle

Physalia utriculus
Samo boliNe dotikaj seBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.
Meduze in morski ožigalkarji Ožigalne lovkeJe: Meso
Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The bluebottle is a floating sea creature that looks like a jellyfish, but it is actually a colony of many linked animals that work together. It drifts on the surface of warm oceans and often washes up on beaches in large numbers. Its long tentacle can cause painful stings, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Živi v
Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; the most common species on Australian coasts; also Hawaiian waters1
Tihi ocean, Indijski ocean, Atlantski ocean, Južni ocean, Koralno morje, Antarktika, Timorsko in Arafursko morje, Bengalski zaliv
Domov
It floats on the surface of the sea, carried by currents, tides and wind. It is often stranded on beaches, where it can stay dangerous for weeks or months while the surrounding sand is moist. Most stings happen on beaches, especially on Australia's east coast.1
Dolžina
6 cm (2,4 in)3
tipična velikost odrasle živali
Največja hitrost
približno 1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Plavanje, groba ocena
Kaj je?
It uses its long tentacle to detect and catch prey. The tentacle drags the prey towards the feeding parts of the colony, where it is digested.1
Zares!Fotografija: Bluebottle
Bluebottle. Fotografija: tunicatedreamz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

  • A gas-filled float that sits on the surface, with a sail on top of it1
  • A single long tentacle hanging below the float1
  • A float about 16 cm across, smaller than the Atlantic Portuguese man o' war, whose float is about 30 cm1
  • Often found in large groups called swarms1
  • Often washed up in large numbers on beaches after strong winds1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) is closely related and looks similar. It has a larger float, about 30 cm across, while the bluebottle's float is about 16 cm. The bluebottle has a single long fishing tentacle.1

Moč strupa

Ožigalne lovke

Na tisoče drobnih ožigalnih celic se sproži, ko se jih kaj dotakne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

Its tentacle is covered in venomous cells called cnidocytes, which fire stinging threads called nematocysts. These toxic stinging cells cause painful injuries when they touch human skin. The stings can cause painful injuries at the beach.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

On Australia's east coast, 10,000 to 30,000 stings per year from animals of the genus Physalia are reported, and most incidents happen on the eastern coast. No deaths have been recorded from stings by this species. The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war has caused at least three deaths.1

Če piči

  • Pojdi iz vode in odstrani lovke (z rokavicami ali s krpo).
  • Pri tropskih kockastih meduzah: pike vsaj 30 sekund polivaj s kisom, pokliči pomoč in bodi pripravljen na oživljanje (TPO). Pri portugalskih ladjicah in večini drugih: izperi z morsko vodo, nato pa za bolečino uporabi vročo vodo.

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 te piči: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.

Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

Bluebottle približno 6 cm dolga (2,4 in)Sponka za papir približno 3 cm (1,2 in)Pametni telefon približno 15 cm (5,9 in)
dolga kot 2 kock za igranje v vrstizmore preplavati dolžino velikega bazena (50 m) v 180 sekundah

Kakšne velikosti je Bluebottle v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

1

It is not a single animal. It is a colony of four separate types of polyps and medusoids that work together.1

2

Its stinging cells can remain harmful on beaches for weeks or months if the sand stays moist.1

3

It moves across the sea using the wind, currents and tides, helped by the sail on top of its float.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime
Physalia utriculus
Skupina
Meduze in morski ožigalkarji
Družina
Physaliidae2
Red
Siphonophorae
Celine
Tihi ocean, Indijski ocean, Atlantski ocean, Južni ocean, Koralno morje, Antarktika, Timorsko in Arafursko morje, Bengalski zaliv, Oceani
Mladiči
Its reproductive parts, called gonozooids, release eggs or sperm into the water.1
Nevarnost za ljudi
2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

  1. Physalia utriculus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia utriculus (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
  3. Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.

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