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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Kuhusu jina: The name comes from the man-of-war, a sailing warship, because the float looks like the Portuguese caravel (a sailing ship) under full sail.1
Anahitaji daktariUsiguseMara chache huua, lakini kudungwa kunahitaji daktari.
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini Mikono inayodungaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The Portuguese man o' war looks like a jellyfish, but it is actually a colony of many tiny linked animals that work together as one. It drifts on the surface of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, and its long tentacles sting prey. Its sting is painful to people, and in some cases it can kill them.1

Anaishi
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko
Nyumbani
It lives on the surface of the water, as part of a group of animals called the neuston. Winds can blow it into bays or onto beaches, where beachgoers are most likely to meet it. A man o' war found on a beach may lead to the beach being closed.1
Urefu
15 cm (5.9 in)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 1 kwa saa (maili 0.62 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It traps and paralyses prey with its venomous tentacles, then reels the prey in to its digestive zooids. It mainly eats small fish, molluscs, small crustaceans and zooplankton.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Picha: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • A gas-filled bladder called the pneumatophore floats on the surface and acts as a sail.1
  • Long tentacles, which can reach over 30 m, hang below the surface.1
  • The float can be up to 30 cm long, 13 cm wide and 15 cm tall.1
  • Groups can be large, sometimes over 1,000 animals.1
  • The sail may be left- or right-handed, depending on the way the wind catches it.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Mikono inayodunga

Maelfu ya seli ndogo za kudunga hufyatuka kitu kikizigusa.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its tentacles carry nematocysts, tiny coiled, thread-like stingers that inject venom on contact. The venom can paralyse small fish and other prey. The sting is powerful enough to kill fish, crustaceans and, in some cases, humans.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Its stings are painful and it is well known to beachgoers. In some cases the sting can kill humans. Large groups can also reduce fish populations and damage fishing supplies.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When attacked at the surface, it can deflate its pneumatophore and temporarily submerge.1

Akidunga

  • Toka majini na uondoe vipande vya mikono iliyonata (kwa glavu au kitambaa).
  • Kwa yavuyavu sanduku wa kitropiki: mimina siki kwenye sehemu zilizodungwa kwa angalau sekunde 30, omba msaada na uwe tayari kufanya CPR. Kwa mabotoli ya bluu na wengine wengi: suuza kwa maji ya bahari, kisha maji ya moto kupunguza maumivu.

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.
  • Akikudunga: 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?

Portuguese man o' war urefu wa takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)
urefu sawa na matofali 5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 180

Portuguese man o' war ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

It is not a single animal. It is a colony of zooids, all genetically identical, that work together like organs in one body.1

2

The blanket octopus is immune to its venom and uses broken tentacles as weapons.1

3

Its float can produce carbon monoxide, which makes up as much as 13% of the gas inside it.1

4

The loggerhead sea turtle eats it regularly, because its thick skin protects it from the stings.1

5

The man-of-war fish can live among its tentacles and feeds on them, while avoiding being stung.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: It is a jellyfish.

Ukweli: It only looks like a jellyfish. It is a siphonophore, a colony of many linked zooids.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Physalia physalis
Kundi
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
Familia
Physaliidae2
Mpangilio
Siphonophorae
Mabara
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari kuu
Watoto
Each colony is either male or female, and eggs or sperm are released into the water, where a fertilised egg develops into a planula (a free-swimming larva) that grows into a new colony.1
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (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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