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Bluebottle

Physalia utriculus
Kubuhlungu njeMusa ukuchukumisaKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.
Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo Ii-tentacle ezihlabayoSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The bluebottle is a floating sea creature that looks like a jellyfish, but it is actually a colony of many linked animals that work together. It drifts on the surface of warm oceans and often washes up on beaches in large numbers. Its long tentacle can cause painful stings, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

Sihlala
Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; the most common species on Australian coasts; also Hawaiian waters1
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi oluseMazantsi, uLwandle lweCoral, IAntarctica, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal
Ekhaya
It floats on the surface of the sea, carried by currents, tides and wind. It is often stranded on beaches, where it can stay dangerous for weeks or months while the surrounding sand is moist. Most stings happen on beaches, especially on Australia's east coast.1
Ubude
6 cm (2,4 in)3
ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It uses its long tentacle to detect and catch prey. The tentacle drags the prey towards the feeding parts of the colony, where it is digested.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Bluebottle
Bluebottle. Ifoto: tunicatedreamz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • A gas-filled float that sits on the surface, with a sail on top of it1
  • A single long tentacle hanging below the float1
  • A float about 16 cm across, smaller than the Atlantic Portuguese man o' war, whose float is about 30 cm1
  • Often found in large groups called swarms1
  • Often washed up in large numbers on beaches after strong winds1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) is closely related and looks similar. It has a larger float, about 30 cm across, while the bluebottle's float is about 16 cm. The bluebottle has a single long fishing tentacle.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 tentacle is covered in venomous cells called cnidocytes, which fire stinging threads called nematocysts. These toxic stinging cells cause painful injuries when they touch human skin. The stings can cause painful injuries at the beach.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

On Australia's east coast, 10,000 to 30,000 stings per year from animals of the genus Physalia are reported, and most incidents happen on the eastern coast. No deaths have been recorded from stings by this species. The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war has caused at least three deaths.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • 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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Bluebottle malunga ne-6 cm ubude (2,4 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-2 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-180

U-Bluebottle mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It is not a single animal. It is a colony of four separate types of polyps and medusoids that work together.1

2

Its stinging cells can remain harmful on beaches for weeks or months if the sand stays moist.1

3

It moves across the sea using the wind, currents and tides, helped by the sail on top of its float.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Physalia utriculus
Iqela
Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo
Usapho
Physaliidae2
Ucwangco
Siphonophorae
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi oluseMazantsi, uLwandle lweCoral, IAntarctica, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana
Its reproductive parts, called gonozooids, release eggs or sperm into the water.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Physalia utriculus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia utriculus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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