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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Devil reef crab
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Devil reef crab

Zosimus aeneus
E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse bolayang ka ho fetisisa Lefatsheng. Haeba motho a e ja, bitsa thuso hang-hang.Thuso e potlakileng le antivenom di pholosa batho ba bangata. Letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso hang-hang.
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang E a chefa ha e jewaE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

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

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea east to Japan, Australia and Hawaii1
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
9 cm (3,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Devil reef crab
Devil reef crab. Foto: Ewout Knoester. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Matla a chefo

E a chefa ha e jewa

E kotsi feela haeba ho na le se e jang.

Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

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

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.

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 o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le OceaniaLewatle la PacificLewatle la IndiaLewatle le LefubeduLewatle la CoralLewatle la China BorwaLewatle la PhilippineLewatle la Timor le ArafuraKgwohlo ya Bengal

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Devil reef crab bolelele ba e ka bang 9 cm (3,5 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 3 moleng

Devil reef crab 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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Zosimus aeneus
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
Lelapa
Xanthidae2
Tatelano
Decapoda
Dikontinente
Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle le Lefubedu, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la China Borwa, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
Kotsi ho batho
5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Zosimus aeneus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Zosimus aeneus (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: Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang

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E boetse e phela: Lewatle la Pacific

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