Blade fire coral
Blade fire coral is a fire coral, a colony of tiny animals that builds a hard skeleton. It lives in shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea. Touching it with bare skin can cause a severe sting, so it is best to keep your distance.1

Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
The stinging cells fire and inject venom into prey within three milliseconds. Contact with bare skin causes a severe stinging sensation.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.Contact with bare skin can cause a severe stinging sensation.1
Akidunga
- Toka majini na uondoe vipande vya mikono iliyonata (kwa glavu au kitambaa).
- Kwa yavuyavu sanduku wa kitropiki: mimina siki kwenye sehemu zilizodungwa kwa angalau sekunde 30, omba msaada na uwe tayari kufanya CPR. Kwa mabotoli ya bluu na wengine wengi: suuza kwa maji ya bahari, kisha maji ya moto kupunguza maumivu.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikudunga: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstari
urefu sawa na matofali 16 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
polepole kuliko konokono wa bustaniniBlade fire coral ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Its stinging cells can fire and inject venom into prey in just three milliseconds.1
Blade fire coral is one of the first coral species to recolonise damaged reefs.1
Broken pieces of its blades can reattach to the seabed and survive.1
In a 1998 Caribbean bleaching event, many colonies died, but many blade fire corals recovered and regained their colour within a few months.1
Its tissues contain tiny algae called zooxanthellane, which provide much of the carbon the coral needs.1
It feeds during both day and night but mostly at night.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Millepora complanata
- Kundi
- Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
- Familia
- Milleporidae2
- Mpangilio
- Anthoathecata
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Sexual reproduction involves a stage where the coral releases free-floating medusae, and broken pieces of blade can reattach to the reef and grow new colonies.1
- Hali yake porini
- Critically endangered (IUCN)1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Millepora complanata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Millepora complanata (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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