Grey stingfish
Miiba yenye sumuThe grey stingfish is a small sea fish with venomous spines. It lives in warm, shallow coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and it is a relative of the scorpionfishes. Its spines can inject venom into people, so it is worth knowing what it looks like.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- The upper body has pale bars and stripes, and the lower body is pale.1
- The margin of the dorsal fin is dark, with a black spot on the front part of the soft-rayed section.1
- The caudal (tail) fin is crossed by two wide, vertical bars.1
- The lowest pectoral fin ray is clearly detached from the rest, and has a fleshy cap.1
- There are no scales on the head and body, apart from those along the lateral line. Colour is variable.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Miiba mikali hubeba sumu. Kumkanyaga au kumshika kunauma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
It has a venom gland at the base of its fin spines. A groove in each spine carries the venom to the tip, so the venom is delivered through the spine.1
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
Wapi duniani?
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 90Grey stingfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Minous monodactylus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Minous monodactylus (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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