Hawksbill sea turtle
Sumu akiliwaHula: Kidogo cha kila kituSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumuThe hawksbill sea turtle is a sea turtle with a sharp, hooked beak and a shell with a saw-edged rear. It lives mainly in warm tropical reefs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is critically endangered, and its flesh can become toxic to eat.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Sharp, curving, hooked beak-like mouth1
- Shell edge at the rear looks serrated, like a saw or steak knife1
- Shell has an amber background with light and dark streaks, and black or mottled-brown colours at the sides1
- Two visible claws on each front flipper1
- Shell colour changes slightly with water temperature1
Nguvu ya sumu
Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.The main risk to people is from eating its flesh, which can become toxic after the turtle eats venomous cnidarians (jellyfish-like animals). The sources give no figures for illness or deaths.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
It uses its strong shell to squeeze into tight spaces in reefs, and it may seek places where it can camouflage or hide from predators.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?
Ana uzito gani?
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2 kutoka pua hadi mkia
urefu sawa na ndizi 6 zilizopangwa mstari
angeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 7.5Hawksbill sea turtle ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
It is biofluorescent and is the first reptile recorded with this trait, meaning it glows under certain light.1
Some sponges it eats are highly toxic to other animals, and it can eat them without harm.1
It closes its unprotected eyes when feeding on stinging animals, and the Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells cannot pierce its armoured head.1
Sponges make up most of its food, which makes it the only primarily sponge-eating reptile among sea turtles.1
Its shell was the main source of tortoiseshell used for decorative items.1
In the eastern Pacific, it nests and feeds mainly in mangrove estuaries rather than on reefs.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Eretmochelys imbricata
- Kundi
- Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
- Familia
- Cheloniidae2
- Mpangilio
- Testudines
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Karibi, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari ya Andaman, Bahari ya Arabia na Ghuba ya Uajemi, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Ghuba ya California, Bahari kuu
- Watoto
- Hawksbills nest on beaches, and young hatch from the nests. In 2018, around 120 juveniles recently hatched at Pulau Satumu, Singapore.1
- Hali yake porini
- Critically endangered1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 4 / 5: Hatari sana3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eretmochelys imbricata (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.



