Hawksbill sea turtle
Siyatyhefa xa sityiwaSitya: Kancinci kwento nganyeSiyatyhefa, asinatyhefu yokuluma okanye yokuhlabaThe hawksbill sea turtle is a sea turtle with a sharp, hooked beak and a shell with a saw-edged rear. It lives mainly in warm tropical reefs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is critically endangered, and its flesh can become toxic to eat.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Sharp, curving, hooked beak-like mouth1
- Shell edge at the rear looks serrated, like a saw or steak knife1
- Shell has an amber background with light and dark streaks, and black or mottled-brown colours at the sides1
- Two visible claws on each front flipper1
- Shell colour changes slightly with water temperature1
Amandla etyhefu
Siyingozi kuphela ukuba kukho into esityayo.
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.The main risk to people is from eating its flesh, which can become toxic after the turtle eats venomous cnidarians (jellyfish-like animals). The sources give no figures for illness or deaths.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
It uses its strong shell to squeeze into tight spaces in reefs, and it may seek places where it can camouflage or hide from predators.1
Ukuba umntu usichukumisile okanye usityile
- Ukuba umntu usityile okanye uneempawu emva kokusitya: tsalela inombolo kaxakeka okanye iziko lezityhefu (poison centre) ngoko nangoko.
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 usichukumisile okanye usityile: musa ukukhuhla amehlo okanye umlomo wakho, hlamba izandla zakho kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango.
Asikuzingeli. Ityhefu yaso ikhona nje ukuze kungabikho nto isityayo. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Phi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
Sinzima kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neekati zasekhaya eziyi-2 ukusuka empumlweni ukuya emsileni
ubude obulingana neebhanana eziyi-6 zilandelelana
singaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-7,5U-Hawksbill sea turtle mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
It is biofluorescent and is the first reptile recorded with this trait, meaning it glows under certain light.1
Some sponges it eats are highly toxic to other animals, and it can eat them without harm.1
It closes its unprotected eyes when feeding on stinging animals, and the Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells cannot pierce its armoured head.1
Sponges make up most of its food, which makes it the only primarily sponge-eating reptile among sea turtles.1
Its shell was the main source of tortoiseshell used for decorative items.1
In the eastern Pacific, it nests and feeds mainly in mangrove estuaries rather than on reefs.1
Kwiingcali zetyhefu
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Eretmochelys imbricata
- Iqela
- Ezinye izilwanyana ezityhefayo
- Usapho
- Cheloniidae2
- Ucwangco
- Testudines
- Amazwekazi
- uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle oluBomvu, uLwandle lweKharibhiya, uLwandle lweCoral, uLwandle lwaseMzantsi China, uLwandle lwePhilippines, iGulf yaseMexico, uLwandle lweAndaman, uLwandle lwaseArabhiya neGulf yasePersi, uLwandle lweTimor ne-Arafura, iBhayi yaseBengal, iGulf yaseCalifornia, Iilwandlekazi
- Iintsana
- Hawksbills nest on beaches, and young hatch from the nests. In 2018, around 120 juveniles recently hatched at Pulau Satumu, Singapore.1
- Imeko yaso endle
- Critically endangered1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eretmochelys imbricata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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