Greater blue-ringed octopus
The greater blue-ringed octopus is a small sea creature that lives in the warm shallow waters of the Indo-West Pacific, including around Australia. It is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, so knowing what it looks like matters.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- A small octopus, up to 10 cm with its arms included, weighing about 80 grams on average.1
- Electric blue rings, about 7 to 8 mm across, roughly 60 of them, spread over its whole skin.1
- The rings flash iridescent blue as a warning signal, each flash lasting about a third of a second.1
- Its body colour varies from yellow ochre to light brown, or whitish when inactive.1
- Blue lines run through its eyes.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ክነኽስ ከሎ መርዚ ብኣስናን መርዙ ወይ ብኣስናኑ ይወጽእ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
Its venom contains tetrodotoxin (TTX), a powerful neurotoxin, which is a poison that attacks the nerves. It paralyses the muscles needed for movement, and in people it can lead to death through respiratory paralysis, which means the breathing muscles stop working. Symptoms include tingling and numbness of the face and lips, sweating, severe headaches, dizziness, speech problems, weakness and vomiting. Symptoms can appear between 15 minutes and four hours after a bite, and the victim stays conscious throughout.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀታሊኣብ ዓለም ካብ ዘለዉ ኣዝዮም ሓደገኛታት እንስሳታት ሓደ።The bite is capable of being fatal to humans. The bite is painless, so a person may not notice it. Children are more sensitive to the toxin. Death can occur between 20 minutes and 24 hours after symptoms begin.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
It flashes its blue rings as a warning to predators, and it uses its venom to defend itself.1
እንተ ነኺሱ
- 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።
- ሓደ እንተ ነኺሱካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 3 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕ
ንውሓት ዓቢ መሕምበሲ (50 ሜ) ብ7,2 ካልኢት ክሕምበሶ ይኽእልGreater blue-ringed octopus ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
The greater blue-ringed octopus is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, despite being small.1
Its venom contains tetrodotoxin, the same toxin found in pufferfish.1
There is no known antidote or antitoxin for tetrodotoxin, and the toxin does not break down when heated or boiled.1
Its blue rings are a warning signal to predators, showing that it is highly venomous.1
Males die after mating, and females die after guarding their eggs because they refuse to eat.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ A small octopus is harmless.
ሓቂ፦ Despite its small size, its bite can be deadly to humans.1
ንክኢላታት መርዚ
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Hapalochlaena lunulata
- ጉጅለ
- ኮን ቀንዲ-ኣውጣታትን ኦክቶፐሳትን
- ስድራ ቤት
- Octopodidae2
- ቅደም ሰዓብ
- Octopoda
- ክፍለ ዓለማት
- ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ, ውቅያኖስ ፓሲፊክ, ባሕሪ ኮራል, ባሕሪ ፊሊፒንስ, ባሕሪ ቲሞርን ኣራፉራን, ውቅያኖሳት
- ህጻናት
- The female lays 50 to 100 eggs, which she carries under her arms for about a month. The young hatch as tiny planktonic paralarvae, about the size of a pea.1
- ዕድመ ህይወት
- ኣስታት 2 ዓመት1
- ሓደጋ ንሰባት
- 5 / 5: ቀታሊ3
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Greater blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hapalochlaena lunulata (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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