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String jellyfish

Apolemia uvaria
Inauma tuUsiguseInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini Mikono inayodungaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The string jellyfish is not really one animal. It is a colony of tiny linked creatures that look and move like a single long string in the sea. It lives in oceans around the world, and its stinging tentacles can hurt people who touch them.1

Anaishi
Oceans worldwide, in the midwater; often at the surface, and also down to about 1,000 m deep1
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Kaskazini
Nyumbani
It lives in the open midwater of the ocean, far from the seabed, and is often found near the surface. In recent years large numbers have appeared around fish farms in Norway and Scotland, and in waters off South Devon and South East Cornwall.1
Urefu
3 m (9.8 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 3 kwa saa (maili 1.9 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It acts like a drift net, spreading its tentacles wide to catch plankton. It also preys on farmed salmon in some places.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya String jellyfish
String jellyfish. Picha: Georgina Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • A long central string, up to 3 m in total length1
  • Groups of pink and white tentacles that bunch together or spread out along the string1
  • A gas float at the front of the colony, followed by a set of swimming bells that push it forward1
  • Its colony is only 2 to 5 cm wide across1

Nguvu ya sumu

Mikono inayodunga

Maelfu ya seli ndogo za kudunga hufyatuka kitu kikizigusa.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Its tentacles can sting people painfully.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?

String jellyfish urefu wa takriban 3 m (9.8 ft)Baiskeli ya mtu mzima takriban 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Gari takriban 4.5 m (15 ft)
urefu sawa na mbwa 3 kutoka pua hadi mkiaurefu sawa na ndizi 17 zilizopangwa mstariangeweza kuogelea urefu wa bwawa kubwa (m 50) kwa sekunde 60

String jellyfish ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Since 2025, string jellyfish have been multiplying in seas around Norway and Scotland, where they have caused mass deaths of farmed salmon.1

2

Each string jellyfish is a colony of specialised tiny organisms called zooids. They are permanently joined and cannot survive on their own.1

3

In rough seas, or where there are physical barriers, a colony can break into smaller pieces. These pieces can get into fish cages to reach farmed salmon.1

4

Rising sea temperatures and waste dumped from fish farms, which the jellyfish feed on, have been blamed for the increase.1

5

Colonies can be found at the surface and at depths of around 1,000 m.1

6

In September 2007, string jellyfish were spotted off South Devon and South East Cornwall, and for the first time off Plymouth. Changes in Atlantic ocean currents are the most likely cause.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Apolemia uvaria
Kundi
Yavuyavu na wadungaji wa baharini
Familia
Apolemiidae2
Mpangilio
Siphonophorae
Mabara
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Mediterania, Bahari ya Pasifiki, Bahari ya Kaskazini, Bahari kuu
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Apolemia uvaria (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Apolemia uvaria (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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