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Dubois' sea snake

Aipysurus duboisii

Malunga negama: The specific name duboisii honours Belgian naturalist Charles Frédéric Dubois.1

SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuluma, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.

Iinyoka zaselwandle

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

Dubois' sea snake is a sea snake that lives in shallow waters around northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. It is an extremely venomous snake, and it is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It lives among coral reefs and sandy seabeds, so people who snorkel or dive in these waters may meet it.1

Sihlala

Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the northern, eastern and western coasts of Australia1

uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura

Ekhaya

It lives in coral reef flats and over sandy and silty seabeds, down to depths of 80 m. Seaweed, invertebrates, and corals or sponges give it places to shelter.1

Ubude

1,5 m (4,9 ft)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-4 km/h (2,5 mph)

Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It preys on moray eels and various fish that live on the seafloor.1

Ifoto ka-Dubois' sea snake — Dubois' sea snake. Ifoto: rcrofts. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Adults grow up to 148 cm in total length, including the tail, but are usually around 80 cm.1
The head is slightly wider than the neck.1
The tail is relatively long.1
The chin and throat are lighter in colour than the rest of the body.1
Colour and body pattern vary a great deal between individuals.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is extremely potent. In laboratory tests on mice, it was the most toxic sea snake tested and the third most toxic snake overall, behind the inland taipan and the eastern brown snake. Its fangs are short, at 1.8 mm, and its venom yield is 0.43 mg.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world. It has a medium level of aggression and bites only when provoked, not spontaneously.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It will bite if provoked, but it does not attack without reason.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Ukubopha ngoxinzelelo nokunqanda ukushukuma (pressure immobilisation): songa ibhandeji eqinileyo enwebekayo phezu kwendawo elunyiweyo uze unyuke ngelungu lonke, uliqinise ngesiplinti, kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi kwaphela de kufike uncedo.
Khupha umntu emanzini kwaye umse esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza.

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 siyakuluma: 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 lweTimor ne-Arafura

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-3 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileniubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-8 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-45

U-Dubois' sea snake 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)

Dubois' sea snake malunga ne-4 km/h (2,5 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

It is the most venomous sea snake tested, and one of the top three most venomous snakes in the world.1

Its fangs are only 1.8 mm long, which is short for a snake.1

It can live at depths of up to 80 m.1

It gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Aipysurus duboisii
Iqela: Iinyoka zaselwandle
Usapho: Elapidae2
Ucwangco: Squamata
Amazwekazi: uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana: It is viviparous, so it gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Aipysurus duboisii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Aipysurus duboisii (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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