Leopard sea cucumber
The leopard sea cucumber is a soft-bodied sea animal that lives on the seabed. It is found in shallow, warm waters around coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It matters because it sweeps sand and food through its body and carries small fish and shrimp that live with it.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
Nguvu ya sumu
Ngozi yake ina sumu. Ni hatari kumgusa, kumramba au kumla.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
When disturbed or handled, it ejects sticky threads called Cuvierian tubules from near its anus. These threads contain toxins that deter predators. The toxins are irritating to human skin.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.The toxins in its sticky threads are irritating to human skin. The risk comes when the animal is disturbed or handled.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
When threatened, it ejects sticky, toxin-carrying threads from its anus.1
Mtu akimgusa au kumla
- Weka jeraha kwenye maji ya moto, moto kiasi ambacho mtu anaweza kuvumilia bila kuungua, na utafute msaada wa kitabibu kuondoa miiba. Usiichokonoe mwenyewe.
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 ndizi 3 zilizopangwa mstari
karibu uzito sawa na paka wa nyumbani
polepole kuliko konokono wa bustaniniLeopard sea cucumber ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
Pearlfish, such as the star pearlfish, sometimes live inside its body cavity, usually entering head-first through the anus.1
In one study in the Banda Islands, 15 star pearlfish were found living inside a single leopard sea cucumber.1
The star pearlfish helps defend its host, fighting off a parasitic pearlfish that can threaten it.1
A compound called Arguside A, extracted from its tissues, appears to be harmful to several types of human tumour cells.1
The emperor shrimp is often found with it and may help keep it free of ectoparasites.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Bohadschia argus
- Kundi
- Koche, nyota wa bahari na minyoo
- Familia
- Holothuriidae2
- Mpangilio
- Holothuriida
- Mabara
- Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Shamu, Bahari ya Matumbawe, Bahari ya Ufilipino, Bahari ya Kusini ya China, Bahari ya Timor na Arafura, Ghuba ya Bengal, Bahari kuu
- Hatari kwa watu
- 1 / 5: Hafifu3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Bohadschia argus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bohadschia argus (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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