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Southern blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa
Ci turam: It is named for the vibrant blue rings it shows when it is agitated.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 southern blue-ringed octopus is a small octopus that lives in tidal rock pools and rocky reefs along the south coast of Australia. It is one of four extremely venomous blue-ringed octopus species. Its body is usually drab, but its blue rings flash when it feels threatened.1

Dafay dund ci
Southern coasts of Australia1
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik
Kër
It lives in tidal rock pools and in crevasses and cracks in rocky reefs. It also lives close to seagrass beds. Like other blue-ringed octopuses, it lives in burrows.1
Guddaay
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 25 km/h (16 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It eats mostly lobsters, crabs, shrimp and shellfish, including bivalve molluscs, and sometimes small fish. It pins down prey and injects venom through its beak, which paralyses the prey. It can also release venom as a mist into areas where prey gathers, so that prey swim into it and become paralysed.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Southern blue-ringed octopus
Southern blue-ringed octopus. Foto: Christopher Mark. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • When calm, its colour is a drab, mucus-like colour.1
  • When threatened or aggravated, about 60 rings suddenly appear and flash blue-green.1
  • As an adult, it is up to 20 cm long, from the top of the mantle to the tip of the arms.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its venom contains maculotoxin, a deadly neurotoxin (a poison that attacks the nerves), and tetrodotoxin (TTX), also a neurotoxin. Without immediate medical attention, a bite is often fatal to humans.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

The octopus is normally docile, but its venom can kill a human. A bite is often fatal without immediate medical attention. No cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans are known.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When threatened, its drab colouring gives way to flashing blue-green rings.1

Su màttee

  • Get immediate medical attention, because a bite is often fatal without it. No antivenom exists.1
  • 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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Southern blue-ringed octopus guddaayam lu tollu ci 20 cm (7,9 in)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)
guddu na ni 6 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 7,2 segond

Southern 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

Females only reproduce once in their lifetime. After the eggs hatch, the mother dies shortly afterwards, as she does not eat while guarding them.1

2

Young blue-ringed octopuses have no planktonic stage. They begin hunting at around one month old.1

3

The average lifespan is around seven months. The octopus reaches sexual maturity at about four months old.1

4

Females are choosy about mates. They are more willing to mate with larger males, and larger males try to mate more often than smaller ones.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: Popular culture portrays the southern blue-ringed octopus as a sea devil that lies in wait to attack humans.

Dëgg: Its venom is mainly used for hunting or defence. There are no reported cases of unprovoked aggression towards humans.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Hapalochlaena maculosa
Mbooloo
Cône ak pieuvre
Njaboot
Octopodidae2
Toftal
Octopoda
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu End, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
The female carries her eggs with her instead of leaving them in one place, and the young hatch from them. The young are venomous from birth, and their blue rings appear about six weeks after hatching.1
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 0,6 at1
Musiba ci nit
5 / 5: Mën a rey3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Southern blue-ringed octopus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hapalochlaena maculosa (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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