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Devil reef crab

Zosimus aeneus
InourayaImwe yemhuka dzinouraya zvikuru paPasi. Kana munhu akaidya, shevedza rubatsiro ipapo ipapo.Rubatsiro rwekukurumidza neantivenom zvinoponesa vanhu vazhinji. Fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi ipapo ipapo.
Dzimwe mhuka dzine chepfu Ine chepfu kana ikadyiwaIne chepfu, haina uturu hwekuruma kana kubaya
Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

The devil reef crab is a brightly patterned crab that lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Hawaii. It is one of the most dangerous crabs in the world to eat, because its flesh and shell contain strong nerve poisons.1

Ine chepfu kana ine uturu? Mhuka dzine uturu dzinopinza uturu nekuruma kana kubaya. Mhuka dzine chepfu dzine ngozi kubata kana kudya. Iyi ine chepfu.
Inogara mu
Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea east to Japan, Australia and Hawaii1
Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa rePhilippines, Gungwa reChina yeKumaodzanyemba, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Gungwa reBengal
Kumba
It lives on reef flats in the intertidal zone, the part of the shore that is covered by the sea at high tide and uncovered at low tide. People can meet it while walking or gathering food on reefs.1
Kureba
9 cm (3,5 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waDevil reef crab
Devil reef crab. Mufananidzo: Ewout Knoester. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Red or brown patches on a pale brown or cream background1
  • Brightly coloured and strikingly patterned, with the same pattern on the shell, legs and claws1
  • Deeply grooved shell (carapace)1
  • Walking legs with prominent crests1
  • Grows to about 60 mm by 90 mm1

Simba rechepfu

Ine chepfu kana ikadyiwa

Ine ngozi chete kana chimwe chinhu chikaidya.

Chepfu yayo inoitei?

This animal is poisonous, not venomous, so it harms people when eaten rather than through a bite or sting. Its shell and meat contain tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin, which are neurotoxins (poisons that attack the nerves). They are absorbed through the gut and interfere with the sodium channels in nerve cells.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InourayaImwe yemhuka dzine ngozi zvikuru pasi rose.

Poisoning from this crab can be fatal. In the Philippines, 50% of intoxication cases are reported to be fatal, and 12 people died on Negros Island in the 1980s. In Timor-Leste, one man died within hours of eating it, and in February 2021 two children in Cagayan died after eating crab their father had caught.1

Kana munhu akaibata kana kuidya

  • Kana munhu akaidya kana aine zviratidzo mushure mekuidya: fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi kana nzvimbo yeruzivo rwechepfu ipapo ipapo.

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 wakaibata kana kuidya: usakwesha maziso kana muromo wako, geza maoko ako uye wana rubatsiro rwechiremba.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Chepfu yayo iripo chete kuti pasava nechinhu chinoidya. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Devil reef crab kunenge 9 cm kureba (3,5 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 3 zvakateedzana

Devil reef crab yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Both the shell and the meat contain dangerous neurotoxins, so the crab is not safe to eat in any part.1

2

Some specimens have been found to contain more than 3000 MU of saxitoxin per gram, a lethal amount for humans.1

3

The toxins are the same kind of compound that makes pufferfish poisonous.1

4

The Philippines reports this crab as the most poisonous crab in its waters.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Zosimus aeneus
Boka
Dzimwe mhuka dzine chepfu
Mhuri
Xanthidae2
Odha
Decapoda
Makondinendi
Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reIndia, Gungwa Dzvuku, Gungwa reCoral, Gungwa rePhilippines, Gungwa reChina yeKumaodzanyemba, Gungwa reTimor neArafura, Gungwa reBengal, Makungwa makuru
Ngozi kuvanhu
5 / 5: Inouraya3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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