Flamboyant cuttlefish
The flamboyant cuttlefish is a small sea creature that can change its colours and patterns in a flash. It lives in shallow tropical waters around northern Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is special because its flesh is poisonous to eat, and it walks along the sea floor instead of swimming.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Has a very broad, oval body (mantle) and small, flat, fin-like flaps on the back1
- Broad, blade-like arms with four rows of suckers1
- Normal base colour is dark brown1
- When disturbed, it quickly turns black, dark brown and white, with yellow patches around the body, arms and eyes1
- Arm tips often flash bright red as a warning1
Nguvu ya sumu
Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.Its muscle tissue is highly toxic, so eating it can be dangerous.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
When disturbed or attacked, it changes colour to a dark, high-contrast pattern and shows bright red arm tips to warn off predators. It also walks along the sea floor while waving the wide membranes on its arms.1
Mtu akimgusa au kumla
- Kubana na kutotikisa: funga bandeji nyororo kwa nguvu juu ya jeraha kisha mguu au mkono mzima, weka banzi, na umweke mtu bila kutikisika kabisa hadi msaada ufike.
- Pweza mwenye pete za bluu au konokono koni anaweza kusimamisha pumzi ya mtu akiwa bado ana fahamu: omba msaada na uwe tayari kumpa pumzi ya uokoaji hadi gari la wagonjwa lifike.
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.
- Ukimgusa au kumla: usisugue macho wala mdomo, nawa mikono na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.
Hakuwindi wewe. Sumu yake ipo tu ili asiliwe na yeyote. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 2.5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 12Flamboyant cuttlefish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
A toxicology report found its muscle tissue highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod known to be poisonous.1
It is one of the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. This is because its cuttlebone lacks an outer cone, the part most other cuttlefish use to float.1
A female once laid about a dozen eggs inside an overturned half coconut husk, which kept them safe from fish.1
Its toxin has been compared with that of the blue-ringed octopus, but the strength of that link is disputed.1
Kuvunja dhana potofu
Dhana potofu: Its bright arm display means it is a dangerous, deadly poisonous animal.
Ukweli: The display is thought to warn predators that its flesh is poisonous. However, significant amounts of toxin have not yet been isolated from this species, and preliminary tests found only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Metasepia pfefferi
- Kundi
- Konokono koni na pweza
- Familia
- Sepiidae2
- Mpangilio
- Sepiida
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Eggs are laid one at a time in crevices or on ledges in coral, rock or wood. Hatchlings look like adults and can copy the same camouflage patterns. They receive no care from their parents.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Ascarosepion pfefferi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Metasepia pfefferi (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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