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Turtle cone

Conus ermineus
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kudungwa kunahitaji daktari.
Konokono koni na pweza KudungwaHula: Samaki
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The turtle cone is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell. It lives in warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters, and it can sting people. Its venom is strong enough that live ones should be left alone.1

Anaishi
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America, off West Africa and Cape Verde, and off Tanzania in the Indian Ocean1
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko
Nyumbani
It lives in the sea, from the surface down to 101 metres deep. Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres off the west coast of Barbados.1
Urefu
10 cm (4.1 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.01 kwa saa (maili 0.01 kwa saa)
Kuogelea, makadirio
Hula nini?
It hunts small fish. It fires a specialised hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula (a ribbon-like feeding organ) into the fish and paralyses it with venom, so it can be swallowed.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Turtle cone
Turtle cone. Picha: Almed2. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • It is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell.1
  • Its shell can reach 103 mm (10.3 cm) in length.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its venom contains a delta-conotoxin, called delta-EVIA, which affects the sodium channels in the nerves of vertebrates (animals with backbones). These channels control nerve signals, so the venom interferes with how nerves work.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

The turtle cone can sting humans, so it should be treated with caution. Live snails should be handled carefully or not at all.1

Akidunga

  • 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.
  • 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?

Turtle cone urefu wa takriban 10 cm (4.1 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
urefu sawa na matofali 3 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstaripolepole kuliko konokono wa bustanini

Turtle cone 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 fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula to stab small fish and paralyse them.1

2

Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres deep off Barbados.1

3

It lives in waters from the surface down to 101 metres deep.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Conus ermineus
Kundi
Konokono koni na pweza
Familia
Conidae2
Mpangilio
Neogastropoda
Mabara
Bahari ya Atlantiki, Bahari ya Karibi, Ghuba ya Meksiko, Bahari kuu
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Conus ermineus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Conus ermineus (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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