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Australian box jellyfish

Chironex fleckeri

Malunga negama: The species is named after Doctor Hugo Flecker, who found the first specimen. Its genus name combines Chiron, a centaur from Greek myth, with the Latin word nex, meaning murder.1

SiyabulalaMusa ukuchukumisaEsinye sezona zilwanyana zibulalayo eMhlabeni. Ukuba siyakuhlaba, biza uncedo ngoko nangoko.Sibulala kwimizuzu embalwa. Uncedo kufuneka sele lusendleleni.

Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo

Ii-tentacle ezihlabayoSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana ziyingozi emhlabeni.

The Australian box jellyfish is one of the most venomous animals in the world. It lives in the warm coastal waters of northern Australia and nearby parts of Southeast Asia. Its sting can cause extreme pain and can be deadly, so it is important to know how to recognise it and what to do.1

Sihlala

Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam and nearby coasts1

uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura

Ekhaya

It lives in coastal waters, and is most common there in the warmer months. People meet it in shallow water near beaches, and breeding happens in lower river levels and mangrove channels.1

Ubude

16 cm ukuya ku-35 cm (6,3 in ukuya ku-1,1 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Ukuqubha: iijelifishi zebhokisi zinokuqubha ngesantya esimalunga nee-knot ezi-4

Sitya ntoni?

It eats prawns, small fish, crabs, shrimp and other small sea animals. It catches them using its long, stinging tentacles.1

Ifoto ka-Australian box jellyfish — Australian box jellyfish. Ifoto: Kai Squires. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

The bell is box-shaped and pale blue, with faint markings.1
The bell is usually about 16 cm across and can reach 35 cm.1
A cluster of 15 tentacles hangs from each of the four corners of the bell.1
It is almost completely transparent, so it is very hard to see in the water.1
When hunting, its tentacles can stretch to about 3 m long.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ii-tentacle ezihlabayo

Amawaka eeseli ezincinci ezihlabayo ziyadubula xa kukho into ezichukumisayo.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom makes cells porous, so potassium leaks out of them. This causes hyperkalemia, a dangerous build-up of potassium in the blood, which can lead to heart and circulation failure. Stings cause excruciating pain and a burning feeling, and an untreated victim can die within two to five minutes.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: SiyabulalaEsinye sezona zilwanyana ziyingozi emhlabeni.

At least 64 deaths have been recorded in Australia. Most deaths in recent decades have been children, because their smaller bodies are at higher risk. Most stings are mild, but one animal's venom is said to be enough to kill 60 adults.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

Diluted acetic acid, such as vinegar, is the recommended treatment, because it deactivates stinging cells that have not yet fired. Some North American toxicologists advise applying it for around 30 seconds. Pressure bandages are no longer recommended, because they can cause more stinging cells to fire.1
Phuma emanzini kwaye ususe naziphi na ii-tentacle (ngeiglavu okanye ngelaphu).
Kwiijelifishi zebhokisi (box jellyfish) zasetropiki: thela iviniga kwiindawo ezihlatyiweyo ubuncinane imizuzwana engama-30, biza uncedo kwaye ulungele ukwenza i-CPR. Kwii-bluebottle nakwezinye ezininzi: hlambulula ngamanzi olwandle, emva koko usebenzise amanzi ashushu ngenxa yeentlungu.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuhlaba: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya uLwandle lweCoral uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China uLwandle lwePhilippines uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-11 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-26

U-Australian box jellyfish mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu oqubhayo malunga ne-3 km/h (1,9 mph)

Australian box jellyfish malunga ne-7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Umqubhi weOlimpiki malunga ne-8 km/h (5 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It has four clusters of eyes with 24 eyes in total, even though it has no central nervous system.1

Its tentacles are covered with millions of stinging cells that fire microscopic darts carrying venom.1

Its only known predators are green sea turtles and leatherback turtles, whose thick skin protects them from its stings.1

It is attracted to blue light, which makes it stream out its tentacles, while black objects make it move away.1

From certain angles, its pale blue bell looks like a human head or skull.1

Its name, 'hand of death', comes from its four appendages, which look like hands.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Pressure bandages are the best first aid for a box jellyfish sting.

Inyaniso: Pressure bandages were used until 2005, but health authorities no longer recommend them because they can trigger more venom release. Diluted vinegar is the recommended treatment.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Chironex fleckeri
Iqela: Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo
Usapho: Chirodropidae2
Ucwangco: Chirodropida
Amazwekazi: uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana: It lays eggs, and fertilised eggs develop into tiny polyps that bud into new young jellyfish, which return to the ocean.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 5 / 5: Siyabulala3

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Chironex fleckeri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Chironex fleckeri (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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