Carolina madtom
The Carolina madtom is a small catfish that lives only in North Carolina, in the USA. It is an endangered fish that needs clean, fast-flowing streams with stones and gravel. Its scientific name refers to the stinging spines on its fins.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Short, chunky body, compared with other madtoms1
- Three dark saddles along the back, joined by a wide black stripe along each side from the snout to the base of the tail1
- A dark blotch on the adipose fin that looks like a fourth saddle1
- Tan body with yellowish to tan blotches between the saddles, and an un-speckled belly1
- Crescent-shaped brown bands near the edge and centre of the tail, and serrated (saw-like) pectoral spines1
Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.
Miiba yake ikikuchoma
- Weka jeraha kwenye maji ya moto, moto kiasi ambacho mtu anaweza kuvumilia bila kuungua (pima kwanza kwa mkono wako), kwa dakika 30 hadi 90. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu, hasa kwa samaki-jiwe na taa.
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.
- Miiba yake ikikuchoma: 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
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 4 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 46Carolina madtom ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Scientists have tested artificial cover units made of terra cotta, and the fish have used them for breeding, guarding eggs and escaping predators.1
Males guard the eggs, and the young grow to roughly two inches long in their first two years.1
The invasive flathead catfish is a top predator in its rivers and has been found to prey on it.1
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Carolina madtom (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Noturus furiosus (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.
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Miiba yenye sumu

