Mosaic reef crab
The mosaic reef crab is a small crab with a fan-shaped body covered in large white spots, like a mosaic. It lives on coral reefs in parts of Asia, Australia and French Polynesia. It is one of the most poisonous crabs in the world, so it must never be eaten.1

Matla a chefo
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?
Its poison is a neurotoxin, a poison that attacks the nerves. Heat does not destroy the neurotoxin, so cooking does not make the crab safe to eat.1
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E a bolayaE nngwe ya diphoofolo tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng.It is known to be one of the most poisonous crabs in the world. The danger comes from eating it, and cooking does not remove the poison.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?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 3 molengMosaic 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?
Dintlha
Ho senya ditshomo
Tshomo: Cooking the crab makes it safe to eat.
Nnete: Heat does not break down its neurotoxin, so cooked mosaic reef crab is still poisonous.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Lophozozymus pictor (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lophozozymus pictor (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- 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.
Taba e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e bontshang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re entse phoso, re kopa tshwarelo, re barati ba diphoofolo, hase makasine wa saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.
E a chefa ha e jewa
Ho e tseba jwang