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Bobbit worm

Eunice aphroditois
Ci turam: The name bobbit worm is believed to come from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, a widely publicised legal case.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Oursin, biddiwu géej ak ver Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The bobbit worm is a long, slim sea worm that hides in the sand or mud on the ocean floor. It waits with its whole body buried, then strikes passing fish and other prey with sharp jaws. It lives in warm seas, mainly in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific, and can grow to nearly 3 metres long.1

Dafay dund ci
Warm marine waters, mainly the Atlantic Ocean, and also the Indo-Pacific1
Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Géej gu Xonq, Géeju Mediteraane, Géeju Karayib, Géeju Timor ak Arafura
Kër
It lives in prey-rich coral reefs, where its colouring helps it blend in, and in sandy and muddy sediments, around rocks and sponges. It has been recorded at depths of up to 95 metres. People may meet it in home aquariums, where it can arrive hidden in live rock.1
Guddaay
3 m (9,8 ft)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It senses passing prey with its antennae, seizes it with its mandibles and drags it into its burrow. It mainly feeds on many species of fish, but it also eats algae and dead and decaying matter.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Bobbit worm
Bobbit worm. Foto: Dan Schofield. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Has five antennae on its head, used to sense prey1
  • Covered by a hard exoskeleton1
  • Typically deep purple to black, with iridescent skin1
  • Very slim, with a body about 25.5 mm wide even at great lengths1
  • Strikes with sharp mandibles that can be pulled back inside the body1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Su màttee

  • Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk, te wutal ndimbal doktoor ngir dindi dag yi. Bul gas ngir wut leen sa bopp.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Bobbit worm guddaayam lu tollu ci 3 m (9,8 ft)Weloy nit ku mag lu tollu ci 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Ab oto lu tollu ci 4,5 m (15 ft)
guddu na ni 3 xaj, bakkan ba geenguddu na ni 17 banaana yu ñu toftale

Bobbit worm ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It is the longest known member of the polychaete class of bristle worms, with the largest specimen on record reaching 299 cm.1

2

Some fish mob the worm by directing jets of water into its burrow to disorient it.1

3

It hunts by burrowing its whole body into soft sediment and waiting until its antennae detect prey.1

4

Fossil burrows from Miocene rocks in northeastern Taiwan, about 20 million years old, have been linked to this species.1

5

Despite its length, its body is only about 25.5 mm wide.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The worm can reproduce by splitting into several pieces.

Dëgg: There is no scientific evidence that it reproduces this way. Reports of this appear to come from misreading movement in dead or injured worms. It can regenerate its rear segments, but it reproduces sexually.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Eunice aphroditois
Mbooloo
Oursin, biddiwu géej ak ver
Njaboot
Eunicidae2
Toftal
Eunicida
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Géej gu Xonq, Géeju Mediteraane, Géeju Karayib, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
It releases sperm and eggs into the water, where fertilisation happens outside the body, and the young drift as larvae before settling and growing into juvenile worms.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Eunice aphroditois (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Eunice aphroditois (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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