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Geography cone

Conus geographus
E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse bolayang ka ho fetisisa Lefatsheng. Ha e ka o hlaba, bitsa thuso hang-hang.E bolaya ka metsotso. Thuso e tlameha ebe e se e le tseleng.
Dikgofu tsa cone le di-octopus Ho hlabaE ja: Ditlhapi
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.

The geography cone is a predatory sea snail that lives on shallow tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It hunts small fish. Its venom is strong enough to kill a person, which makes it one of the most dangerous cone snails.1

E phela
Red Sea, Indian Ocean (including off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania), Indo-Pacific reefs, and off northern and western Australia and Queensland1
Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal
Lapeng
It lives in the sediment of shallow reefs in tropical seas.1
Bolelele
4,3 cm ho isa ho 17 cm (1,7 in ho isa ho 6,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats small fish. It fires a harpoon-like, venom-tipped tooth into its prey. The harpoon is attached to the snail by a proboscis (a tube-like feeding organ), and the prey is pulled inside to be eaten.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Geography cone
Geography cone. Foto: Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Broad, thin shell that is cylindrically inflated, usually 10 to 15 cm long1
  • Ground colour is pink or violet-white, sometimes reddish1
  • Mottled pattern of chestnut or chocolate brown, usually forming two irregular bands1
  • Wide pink or violet-white opening and numerous shoulder ridges or spines1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Compared with other cone shells of a similar size, the geography cone has a noticeably wider, more convex middle and a flattened spire. Its walls are also thinner and lighter.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is a complex mix of hundreds of different toxins, delivered through the harpoon-like tooth. It has the most toxic sting known among cone snails. Even the most venomous cone snails take about one to five hours to kill a healthy adult, but medical care must still be prompt.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

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

There are reports of about 36 human deaths over the past 300 years. Live specimens should be handled with extreme caution.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

Most of the venom's toxic compounds are believed to be used for defence rather than feeding.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • There is no antivenom for a cone snail sting. Treatment consists of keeping the victim alive until the symptoms wear off, so prompt medical care is essential.1
  • Pressure immobilisation: phuthela bandeje e tiileng e huduhang (elastiki) hodima moo e lomileng teng ebe o nyolla setho sohle, o se tlame ka splint (lepolanka la ho se tshehetsa), mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe ho hang ho fihlela thuso e fihla.
  • Octopus e nang le mehele e putswa kapa kgofu ya cone e ka etsa hore motho a emise ho hema a ntse a tsohile: bitsa thuso mme o itokisetse ho mo hemela ka molomo (rescue breaths) ho fihlela ambulense e nka boikarabelo.

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 hlaba: 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

Hokae lefatsheng?

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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Geography cone bolelele ba e ka bang 17 cm (6,5 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 5 molenge dieha ho feta kgofu ya serapeng

Geography cone 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

Its venom contains a form of insulin, which it uses to stun fish. Once the venom passes through a fish's gills, the fish goes into hypoglycaemic shock (a dangerous drop in blood sugar).1

2

Apart from the tulip cone snail, no other known living thing is known to use its own biological insulin as a weapon.1

3

Research shows that some proteins from cone snail venom can be up to 10,000 times more effective than morphine as painkillers, without morphine's addictive properties and side effects.1

4

Of the venom's 100 to 200 toxic peptides, only 15 to 20 are used for feeding.1

5

Adult geography cones can fall prey to sea turtles, rays, birds and human shell collectors.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The nickname 'cigarette snail' means a sting gives you just enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die.

Nnete: This is a gallows humour exaggeration. Even the most venomous cone snails take about one to five hours to kill a healthy human.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Conus geographus
Sehlopha
Dikgofu tsa cone le di-octopus
Lelapa
Conidae2
Tatelano
Neogastropoda
Dikontinente
Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la Coral, Lewatle la Philippine, Lewatle la Timor le Arafura, Kgwohlo ya Bengal, Mawatle
Kotsi ho batho
5 / 5: E a bolaya3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Conus geographus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Conus geographus (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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