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Greater blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata
Ci turam: Its common name comes from the blue rings on its skin, which are larger than those of related octopuses.1
Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a rey ci àddina. Su la màttee, woo ndimbal ci saa si.Ndimbal bu gaaw ak sérum antivenimeux dañuy musal lu ëpp ci nit ñi. Woo sa nimerob urgence ci saa si.
Cône ak pieuvre Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

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

Dafay dund ci
Tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, and from Australia to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu1
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Timor ak Arafura
Kër
It lives in shallow water over mixed seabeds such as rubble, reefs and sand. It hides in a burrow and comes out only to find food or a mate. The entrance to its burrow is littered with leftover crab and shell remains, which makes it easy to spot.1
Guddaay
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 25 km/h (16 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats small crabs, shrimp and molluscs, and sometimes small injured fish. It pounces on prey, seizes it with its arms and pulls it to its beak, which pierces the shell or exoskeleton and releases venom.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Greater blue-ringed octopus
Greater blue-ringed octopus. Foto: Jens Petersen. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Mën a reyBenn ci rab yi gën a am musiba ci àddina.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It flashes its blue rings as a warning to predators, and it uses its venom to defend itself.1

Su màttee

  • Immobilisation ak pression: laxasal ab bànd élastique bu dëgër ci kaw fa mu màtt, ba noppi nga laxas cër bi yépp jëm kaw, takkal ko attelle, te def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu dara ba ndimbal ñëw.
  • Pieuvre à anneaux bleus walla cône (koxu géej) mën na taxawal noyyib nit ki, te xelam nekk ci ba tey: wooal ndimbal te nga pare ngir may ko noyyi (bouche-à-bouche) ba ambulaas bi jot te jël ko.

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

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak OseyaniMbàmbulaanu PasifikMbàmbulaanu EndGéeju KoraayGéeju FilipinGéeju Timor ak Arafura

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Greater blue-ringed octopus guddaayam lu tollu ci 10 cm (3,9 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 7,2 segond

Greater blue-ringed octopus 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

The greater blue-ringed octopus is one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, despite being small.1

2

Its venom contains tetrodotoxin, the same toxin found in pufferfish.1

3

There is no known antidote or antitoxin for tetrodotoxin, and the toxin does not break down when heated or boiled.1

4

Its blue rings are a warning signal to predators, showing that it is highly venomous.1

5

Males die after mating, and females die after guarding their eggs because they refuse to eat.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: A small octopus is harmless.

Dëgg: Despite its small size, its bite can be deadly to humans.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hapalochlaena lunulata
Mbooloo
Cône ak pieuvre
Njaboot
Octopodidae2
Toftal
Octopoda
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Géeju Koraay, Géeju Filipin, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
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
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 2 at1
Musiba ci nit
5 / 5: Mën a rey3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Greater blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena lunulata (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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