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Katuni yaBay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus
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Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena nierstraszi
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakuruma, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Hozhwa dzecone nemaoctopus InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus is a small sea creature that hides in rock crevices and coral reefs. It is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, even though it is only about the size of a hand. Its blue rings are a warning to keep away.1

Inogara mu
Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Australia (blue-ringed octopuses in general)1
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reBengal
Kumba
It lives in tide pools, between rocks, in crevices and shells, and on coral reefs. Blue-ringed octopuses hide in crevices and pile rocks at the entrance to their lairs.1
Kureba
12 cm kusvika 20 cm (4,7 in kusvika 7,9 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 25 km/h (16 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It eats small crustaceans, including crabs, hermit crabs and shrimp, as well as fish. It pounces on its prey, seizes it with its arms, and pierces the shell or exoskeleton with its horny beak to release venom.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus
Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus. Mufananidzo: Jens Petersen. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Yellowish skin with blue and black rings1
  • Small size, about 12 to 20 cm1
  • When provoked, it turns bright yellow and its rings flash bright iridescent blue within a third of a second1
  • Usually hides in crevices and is rarely seen out in the open1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom contains tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves). It causes paralysis of the muscles and can stop breathing within minutes. Victims stay fully aware but cannot move, and the venom can also cause nausea, heart failure and blindness.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The octopus carries enough venom to kill more than 20 adult humans within minutes. Its bites are tiny and often painless, so victims may not realise they have been bitten until breathing problems and paralysis begin. Estimates of recorded human deaths range from seven to 16, and most scholars agree at least 11 have occurred. Children are the most at risk because of their small body size.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

It first tries to flee. If the threat continues, it takes a defensive stance and flashes its blue rings, and if cornered and touched it may bite.1

Kana ikaruma

  • First aid is pressure on the wound, followed by artificial respiration as soon as paralysis stops the victim breathing. Respiratory support should continue until medical help arrives. In hospital, the patient is put on a ventilator until the toxin leaves the body, and those who survive the first 24 hours usually recover completely.1
  • Kusunga nekumisa (pressure immobilisation): monera bhandeji rinotambanuka zvakasimba pamusoro peparumwa wozokwira nenhengo yose, isungirire nechitsigiso (splint), uye chengeta munhu asingafambe zvachose kusvikira rubatsiro rwasvika.
  • Octopus ine mhete dzebhuruu kana hozhwa yecone inogona kumisa kufema kwemunhu achiri kumuka: shevedza rubatsiro ugare wakagadzirira kumufemera mumuromo kusvikira vanhu veambulensi vatora basa.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus kunenge 20 cm kureba (7,9 in)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 6 zvakateedzanainogona kushambira kureba kwedziva guru rekushambira (50 m) mumasekondi 7,2

Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopus yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

The blue-ringed octopus was the first animal reported to use tetrodotoxin as a venom. The same toxin is also found in pufferfish, rough-skinned newts and some poison dart frogs.1

2

The mother may inject the toxin into her eggs, which may then make their own venom before hatching.1

3

The octopus produces its venom using bacteria living inside its posterior salivary gland.1

4

Its blue rings flash in less than a third of a second, using muscles under nerve control. This is a warning display.1

5

The octopus's own body is resistant to its tetrodotoxin, so the venom does not harm it.1

6

In the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, the blue-ringed octopus is the symbol of a secret order of female bandits and smugglers.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Because it is small and relatively docile, the blue-ringed octopus is harmless.

Chokwadi: It is small and usually calm, but it is very dangerous if it is provoked or handled. Its venom can kill a healthy adult within minutes if not treated.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Hapalochlaena nierstraszi
Boka
Hozhwa dzecone nemaoctopus
Mhuri
Octopodidae2
Odha
Octopoda
Makondinendi
Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa reAndaman, Gungwa reBengal, Makungwa makuru
Vacheche
The female lays one clutch of about 50 eggs in late autumn and keeps them under her arms for about six months. She does not eat during this time, and she dies after the eggs hatch.1
Iri kurarama sei musango
Least concern1
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena nierstraszi (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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