Flamboyant cuttlefish
The flamboyant cuttlefish is a small sea creature that can change its colours and patterns in a flash. It lives in shallow tropical waters around northern Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. It is special because its flesh is poisonous to eat, and it walks along the sea floor instead of swimming.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Has a very broad, oval body (mantle) and small, flat, fin-like flaps on the back1
- Broad, blade-like arms with four rows of suckers1
- Normal base colour is dark brown1
- When disturbed, it quickly turns black, dark brown and white, with yellow patches around the body, arms and eyes1
- Arm tips often flash bright red as a warning1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ዝጎድእ ገለ ነገር ምስ በልዖ ጥራይ እዩ።
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።Its muscle tissue is highly toxic, so eating it can be dangerous.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
When disturbed or attacked, it changes colour to a dark, high-contrast pattern and shows bright red arm tips to warn off predators. It also walks along the sea floor while waving the wide membranes on its arms.1
ሓደ ሰብ እንተ ተንኪፍዎ ወይ እንተ በሊዕዎ
- ብጸቕጢ ምእሳርን ዘይምንቅስቓስን፦ ጽኑዕ ዝልጠጥ ፋሻ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ንኽሳ፣ ድሕሪኡ ንምሉእ እቲ ኢድ ወይ እግሪ ናብ ላዕሊ ጠቕልል፣ ብመደገፊ (ስፕሊንት) ኣጽንዓዮ፣ ሓገዝ ክሳብ ዝመጽእ ድማ ነቲ ሰብ ፈጺሙ ከይንቀሳቐስ ግበሮ።
- ሰማያዊ ቀለበት ዘለዎ ኦክቶፐስ ወይ ኮን ቀንዲ-ኣውጣ ነቲ ሰብ ገና ንቑሕ እንከሎ ምስትንፋስ ደው ከብሎ ይኽእል፤ ሓገዝ ጸውዕ፣ ኣምቡላንስ ክሳብ ዝርከቦ ድማ ናይ ምድሓን ትንፋስ ንምሃብ ተዳሎ።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- እንተ ተንኪፍካዮ ወይ እንተ በሊዕካዮ፦ ኣዒንትኻ ወይ ኣፍካ ኣይትደርዝ፣ ኢድካ ሕጸብ፣ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ድማ ርኸብ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዘሎ ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ከይበልዖ ጥራይ እዩ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 2,5 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕ
ንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ብ12 ካልኢት ክሕምበሶ ይኽእልFlamboyant cuttlefish ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
A toxicology report found its muscle tissue highly toxic, making it only the third cephalopod known to be poisonous.1
It is one of the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. This is because its cuttlebone lacks an outer cone, the part most other cuttlefish use to float.1
A female once laid about a dozen eggs inside an overturned half coconut husk, which kept them safe from fish.1
Its toxin has been compared with that of the blue-ringed octopus, but the strength of that link is disputed.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ Its bright arm display means it is a dangerous, deadly poisonous animal.
ሓቂ፦ The display is thought to warn predators that its flesh is poisonous. However, significant amounts of toxin have not yet been isolated from this species, and preliminary tests found only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Metasepia pfefferi
- ጉጅለ
- ኮን ቀንዲ-ኣውጣታትን ኦክቶፐሳትን
- ስድራ ቤት
- Sepiidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Sepiida
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ, ውቅያኖስ ፓሲፊክ, ባሕሪ ኮራል, ባሕሪ ፊሊፒንስ, ባሕሪ ቲሞርን ኣራፉራን, ውቅያኖሳት
- ህጻናት
- Eggs are laid one at a time in crevices or on ledges in coral, rock or wood. Hatchlings look like adults and can copy the same camouflage patterns. They receive no care from their parents.1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
- 2 / 5: ዘቐንዚ3
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Ascarosepion pfefferi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Metasepia pfefferi (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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