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Giant Pacific octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini
Kuhusu jina: The species name dofleini honours the German scientist Franz Theodor Doflein.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Konokono koni na pweza KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus species on Earth. It lives along the coasts of the North Pacific, from Baja California up to Alaska and across to Japan and Korea. It plays an important part in the health of deep sea ecosystems.1

Anaishi
Coastal North Pacific: Baja California, US West Coast, Alaska, British Columbia, Russian Far East, Japan and Korea1
Bahari ya Pasifiki
Nyumbani
It lives from the intertidal zone down to 2,000 m, in cold, oxygen-rich waters. It spends most of its time in dens, which can be caves, holes under rock, or rubbish on the seafloor such as bottles, tyres, pipes and barrels. Dens are often found in kelp and rocky areas.1
Urefu
4.3 m (14 ft)1
Uzito
15 kg hadi 270 kg (33 lb hadi 595 lb)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 25 kwa saa (maili 16 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats shrimp, crabs, scallops, abalones, clams, snails, lobsters, fish, squid and other octopuses. It catches its food with its suckers and bites it with a tough beak made of chitin. It has also been seen preying on small sharks and a seagull.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Giant Pacific octopus
Giant Pacific octopus. Picha: Erin McKittrick. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • It is the largest octopus species, with adults usually weighing around 15 kg.1
  • Its arm span can reach up to 4.3 m.1
  • Its largest suckers are about 6.4 cm across.1
  • It is well camouflaged and often hides in kelp or its den.1
  • Piles of shells and bones outside a den, called den litter, can show that one is nearby.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Akiuma

  • 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.
  • Akikuuma: 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?

Giant Pacific octopus urefu wa takriban 4.3 m (14 ft)Baiskeli ya mtu mzima takriban 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Gari takriban 4.5 m (15 ft)

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na mbwa 14
urefu sawa na mbwa 4 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 24 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 7.2

Giant Pacific octopus ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Octopuses are ranked as the most intelligent invertebrates, and this species can recognise people it often meets and open childproof bottles.1

2

Its largest suckers can each support about 16 kg.1

3

The largest individual may have weighed 270 kg, with an arm span of 9.8 m, according to the fisherman who caught it.1

4

It spends about 94% of its time hidden in dens, kelp or camouflage.1

5

Unlike most octopuses, which live about one year, it lives three to five years.1

6

It is the largest octopus species on Earth.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Enteroctopus dofleini
Kundi
Konokono koni na pweza
Familia
Enteroctopodidae2
Mpangilio
Octopoda
Mabara
Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari kuu
Watoto
The female lays between 120,000 and 400,000 eggs on a hard surface and guards them for about 6 months, until they hatch. She dies soon after the young hatch. Hatchlings are about the size of a grain of rice, and very few survive to adulthood.1
Muda wa maisha
takriban miaka 51
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Giant Pacific octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Enteroctopus dofleini (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. 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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