Grey side-gilled sea slug
Sumu akiliwaHula: NyamaSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumuThe grey side-gilled sea slug is a soft-bodied sea snail without a shell, found in the sea around New Zealand, south-eastern Australia and parts of Asia. It is poisonous rather than venomous: it does not bite or sting, but eating it can be dangerous. It became a public concern in New Zealand in 2009, when several dogs died after eating it.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Mottled pale grey body, densely patterned with short, brown broken lines1
- Wedge-shaped head with two sensory tentacles, called rhinophores1
- Smooth body covering (mantle) with folds and puckers, and a foot that extends well beyond it1
- No remnant of a shell1
- Feathery gill tucked under the right side of the mantle1
Nguvu ya sumu
Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
It does not have venom. Its harm comes from tetrodotoxin, a poison that attacks the nerves. In 2009, several dogs in the Auckland Region of New Zealand died of tetrodotoxin poisoning after eating this slug on beaches.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.In 2009, several dogs died in the Auckland Region after eating this slug, and children and pet owners were asked to avoid beaches. Recreational fishing was also interrupted for a time. Investigators found the slugs most likely picked up the poison from dead fish they fed on, and similar poisoning has not happened again.1
Mtu akimgusa au kumla
- Mtu akimla au akipata dalili baada ya kumla: piga namba ya dharura au kituo cha taarifa za sumu mara moja.
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 3 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariGrey side-gilled sea slug ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Its poison is tetrodotoxin, the same kind of toxin found in some pufferfish.1
It has no shell, although it is a type of sea snail (gastropod mollusc).1
It lives for 2 to 3 years and dies after spawning in winter.1
It has spread far beyond its native range, reaching about 2,000 km of the south-western Atlantic coast after it was first reported in Argentina in 2009.1
Its eggs hatch into free-swimming larvae that drift as plankton for about three weeks before settling.1
Kuvunja dhana potofu
Dhana potofu: Every grey side-gilled sea slug is dangerously poisonous.
Ukweli: Differences in toxicity between regions are likely due to differences in diet, not to separate species. The poison most likely comes from the food the slug eats, such as dead fish.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
- Kundi
- Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
- Familia
- Pleurobranchaeidae2
- Mpangilio
- Pleurobranchida
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Kusini, Antaktika, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- It produces small eggs that hatch after about a week. The young live as plankton for about three weeks before settling on the seabed.1
- Muda wa maisha
- takriban miaka 31
- Hatari kwa watu
- 4 / 5: Hatari sana3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pleurobranchaea maculata (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.

