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Bobbit worm

Eunice aphroditois
Ka lebitso: The name bobbit worm is believed to come from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, a widely publicised legal case.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The bobbit worm is a long, slim sea worm that hides in the sand or mud on the ocean floor. It waits with its whole body buried, then strikes passing fish and other prey with sharp jaws. It lives in warm seas, mainly in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific, and can grow to nearly 3 metres long.1

E phela
Warm marine waters, mainly the Atlantic Ocean, and also the Indo-Pacific1
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Caribbean, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura
Lapeng
It lives in prey-rich coral reefs, where its colouring helps it blend in, and in sandy and muddy sediments, around rocks and sponges. It has been recorded at depths of up to 95 metres. People may meet it in home aquariums, where it can arrive hidden in live rock.1
Bolelele
3 m (9,8 ft)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It senses passing prey with its antennae, seizes it with its mandibles and drags it into its burrow. It mainly feeds on many species of fish, but it also eats algae and dead and decaying matter.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Bobbit worm
Bobbit worm. Foto: Dan Schofield. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Has five antennae on its head, used to sense prey1
  • Covered by a hard exoskeleton1
  • Typically deep purple to black, with iridescent skin1
  • Very slim, with a body about 25.5 mm wide even at great lengths1
  • Strikes with sharp mandibles that can be pulled back inside the body1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

Haeba e loma

  • Kenya leqeba metsing a tjhesang, a tjhesang hoo motho a ka a mamellang ntle le ho tjha, mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka ho ntsha meutlwa. O se ke wa e cheka ka bowena.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Bobbit worm bolelele ba e ka bang 3 m (9,8 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4,5 m (15 ft)
e telele jwaloka dintja tse 3 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge telele jwaloka dibanana tse 17 tse latellanang

Bobbit worm e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It is the longest known member of the polychaete class of bristle worms, with the largest specimen on record reaching 299 cm.1

2

Some fish mob the worm by directing jets of water into its burrow to disorient it.1

3

It hunts by burrowing its whole body into soft sediment and waiting until its antennae detect prey.1

4

Fossil burrows from Miocene rocks in northeastern Taiwan, about 20 million years old, have been linked to this species.1

5

Despite its length, its body is only about 25.5 mm wide.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The worm can reproduce by splitting into several pieces.

Nnete: There is no scientific evidence that it reproduces this way. Reports of this appear to come from misreading movement in dead or injured worms. It can regenerate its rear segments, but it reproduces sexually.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Eunice aphroditois
Sehlopha
Di-sea urchin, dinaledi tsa lewatle le diboko
Lelapa
Eunicidae2
Tatelano
Eunicida
Dikontinente
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Caribbean, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Mawatle
Masea
It releases sperm and eggs into the water, where fertilisation happens outside the body, and the young drift as larvae before settling and growing into juvenile worms.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Eunice aphroditois (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Eunice aphroditois (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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Tse ding tsa sehlopha se le seng: Di-sea urchin, dinaledi tsa lewatle le diboko

E boetse e phela: Lewatle la Pacific

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