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Spur-winged goose

Plectropterus gambensis
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula Sumu akiliwaHula: MimeaSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumu
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The spur-winged goose is a large waterbird from Sub-Saharan Africa, and on average it is the world's largest goose. Some populations are poisonous to eat: birds that feed on many blister beetles carry a poison called cantharidin in their body tissue.1

Anadunga sumu au ana sumu ya kugusa? Wanyama wanaodunga sumu huingiza sumu kwa kuuma au kudunga. Wanyama wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula hudhuru wakiguswa au kuliwa. Huyu ni wa aina ya pili.
Anaishi
Sub-Saharan Africa, including eastern and southern Africa, and western Africa from Senegal to Chad1
Afrika
Nyumbani
Open grasslands with lakes, seasonal pools, rivers, swamps and river deltas. Large inland rivers and lakes are the most common homes. It avoids salt lakes and upland areas, though it can live up to 3,000 m in eastern Africa, and it is absent from dry zones.1
Urefu
75 cm hadi 1.1 m (2.5 ft hadi 3.8 ft)1
Uzito
2.4 kg hadi 10 kg (5.3 lb hadi 22 lb)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 40 kwa saa (maili 25 kwa saa)
Anayeruka, makadirio
Hula nini?
It grazes mostly on plant matter, including grass and sedge shoots, aquatic plants, seeds, farm grains, fruit such as figs, and tuberous crops. It occasionally eats small fish or insects.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Spur-winged goose
Spur-winged goose. Picha: Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Mainly black, with a white face1
  • Large white patches on the wings1
  • Long, pinkish red legs1
  • Males are larger than females and have a bigger red facial patch and a knob at the base of the upper bill1
  • Usually seen in small flocks of up to 50 birds near water1

Nguvu ya sumu

Sumu akiliwa

Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

This goose is not venomous. Its poison, cantharidin, is held in the bird's tissue and comes from blister beetles it eats. Eating the cooked goose poisons the person who eats it.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Only populations whose diet includes large amounts of blister beetles are poisonous. A dose of 10 mg of cantharidin can kill a human. The risk is to people who eat the cooked goose.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Its alarm call is a soft bubbling "cherwit" when it takes flight or feels alarmed.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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Spur-winged goose urefu wa takriban 1.1 m (3.8 ft)Mbwa takriban 1 m (3.3 ft)Mtu mzima takriban 1.7 m (5.6 ft)

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2.5
urefu sawa na paka wa nyumbani 2.5 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 6 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kuruka kuvuka uwanja mzima wa mpira kwa sekunde 9.5

Spur-winged goose ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

On average, it is the world's largest goose. It is also one of the largest African waterfowl, after the wading Goliath heron.1

2

During the breeding season, it is highly aggressive. It can use the spur on the bend of its wing in fights with other birds.1

3

Its wingspan can reach 150 to 200 cm, which is wider than most adults are tall.1

4

Its nests can be found in unusual places, including tree holes, rock cavities, old nests of other birds, termite mounds and aardvark burrows.1

5

Although it belongs to the duck, goose and swan family, Anatidae, its unique features place it in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Plectropterus gambensis
Kundi
Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
Familia
Anatidae2
Mpangilio
Anseriformes
Mabara
Afrika
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Spur-winged goose (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Plectropterus gambensis (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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