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Southern blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa
Kuhusu jina: It is named for the vibrant blue rings it shows when it is agitated.1
AnauaMmoja wa wanyama wanaoua zaidi Duniani. Akikuuma, omba msaada mara moja.Msaada wa haraka na dawa ya kuzuia sumu huokoa watu wengi. Piga namba yako ya dharura mara moja.
Konokono koni na pweza KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: AnauaMmoja wa wanyama hatari zaidi duniani.

The southern blue-ringed octopus is a small octopus that lives in tidal rock pools and rocky reefs along the south coast of Australia. It is one of four extremely venomous blue-ringed octopus species. Its body is usually drab, but its blue rings flash when it feels threatened.1

Anaishi
Southern coasts of Australia1
Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki
Nyumbani
It lives in tidal rock pools and in crevasses and cracks in rocky reefs. It also lives close to seagrass beds. Like other blue-ringed octopuses, it lives in burrows.1
Urefu
20 cm (7.9 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 25 kwa saa (maili 16 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It eats mostly lobsters, crabs, shrimp and shellfish, including bivalve molluscs, and sometimes small fish. It pins down prey and injects venom through its beak, which paralyses the prey. It can also release venom as a mist into areas where prey gathers, so that prey swim into it and become paralysed.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Southern blue-ringed octopus
Southern blue-ringed octopus. Picha: Christopher Mark. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • When calm, its colour is a drab, mucus-like colour.1
  • When threatened or aggravated, about 60 rings suddenly appear and flash blue-green.1
  • As an adult, it is up to 20 cm long, from the top of the mantle to the tip of the arms.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom contains maculotoxin, a deadly neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves), and tetrodotoxin (TTX), also a neurotoxin. Without immediate medical attention, a bite is often fatal to humans.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: AnauaMmoja wa wanyama hatari zaidi duniani.

The octopus is normally docile, but its venom can kill a human. A bite is often fatal without immediate medical attention. No cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans are known.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When threatened, its drab colouring gives way to flashing blue-green rings.1

Akiuma

  • Get immediate medical attention, because a bite is often fatal without it. No antivenom exists.1
  • Kubana na kutotikisa: funga bandeji nyororo kwa nguvu juu ya jeraha kisha mguu au mkono mzima, weka banzi, na umweke mtu bila kutikisika kabisa hadi msaada ufike.
  • Pweza mwenye pete za bluu au konokono koni anaweza kusimamisha pumzi ya mtu akiwa bado ana fahamu: omba msaada na uwe tayari kumpa pumzi ya uokoaji hadi gari la wagonjwa lifike.

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.
  • Akikuuma: 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?

Southern blue-ringed octopus urefu wa takriban 20 cm (7.9 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 6 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 7.2

Southern blue-ringed octopus ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Females only reproduce once in their lifetime. After the eggs hatch, the mother dies shortly afterwards, as she does not eat while guarding them.1

2

Young blue-ringed octopuses have no planktonic stage. They begin hunting at around one month old.1

3

The average lifespan is around seven months. The octopus reaches sexual maturity at about four months old.1

4

Females are choosy about mates. They are more willing to mate with larger males, and larger males try to mate more often than smaller ones.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Popular culture portrays the southern blue-ringed octopus as a sea devil that lies in wait to attack humans.

Ukweli: Its venom is mainly used for hunting or defence. There are no reported cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Hapalochlaena maculosa
Kundi
Konokono koni na pweza
Familia
Octopodidae2
Mpangilio
Octopoda
Mabara
Bahari ya Hindi, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari kuu
Watoto
The female carries her eggs with her instead of leaving them in one place, and the young hatch from them. The young are venomous from birth, and their blue rings appear about six weeks after hatching.1
Muda wa maisha
takriban miaka 0.61
Hatari kwa watu
5 / 5: Anaua3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Southern blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena maculosa (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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