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Ikhathuni ka-Common kingslayer
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Common kingslayer

Malo kingi
Malunga negama: It is named after Robert King, a United States tourist who died from its sting.1
SinokubulalaMusa ukuchukumisaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuhlaba, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The common kingslayer is a tiny Irukandji jellyfish that lives off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is no bigger than a human thumbnail, but it has one of the most potent venoms of any animal. Its sting can cause severe illness, and it has killed at least one person.1

Sihlala
Queensland, Australia1
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral
Ekhaya
It is found in the waters off Queensland, where people swim and snorkel. Only a very small number are found in late summer and early winter. Its small size makes it hard to see in the water.1
Ubude
3,1 cm (1,2 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,36 km/h (0,22 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Common kingslayer
Common kingslayer. Ifoto: Forgerz. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • The bell is bell-shaped, transparent and colourless.1
  • The bell is about 31 mm high.1
  • It has light purple warts on its bell, called nematocyst warts.1
  • Some individuals have halo-like rings around their tentacles, but the non-halo form is more common.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 is one of the most potent in the world. Its sting causes Irukandji syndrome, which brings severe pain, vomiting and a rapid rise in blood pressure. Other stings have caused nausea, intense pain and discomfort.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Its sting killed American tourist Robert King while he was snorkelling off Port Douglas. Other people have been stung, including a marine stinger adviser who suffered badly blistered hands and skin loss, and a young girl. Because it is so small and hard to see, people can be stung before they notice it.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?

Common kingslayer malunga ne-3,1 cm ubude (1,2 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
malunga nobude besiqhobosho sephepha

U-Common kingslayer mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It is no bigger than a human thumbnail, yet it is among the most venomous animals known.1

2

Scientists think its venom grows stronger as it matures.1

3

The death of Robert King led to more research on this species.1

4

Scientists believe the non-halo form may be less venomous than the halo form.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Malo kingi
Iqela
Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo
Usapho
Carukiidae2
Ucwangco
Carybdeida
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, Iilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Malo kingi (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Malo kingi (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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