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Ikhathuni ka-Turtle cone
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Turtle cone

Conus ermineus
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha.
Iinkumba ze-cone neengwane UkuhlabaSitya: Iintlanzi
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The turtle cone is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell. It lives in warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters, and it can sting people. Its venom is strong enough that live ones should be left alone.1

Sihlala
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America, off West Africa and Cape Verde, and off Tanzania in the Indian Ocean1
uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandle lweKharibhiya, iGulf yaseMexico
Ekhaya
It lives in the sea, from the surface down to 101 metres deep. Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres off the west coast of Barbados.1
Ubude
10 cm (4,1 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It hunts small fish. It fires a specialised hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula (a ribbon-like feeding organ) into the fish and paralyses it with venom, so it can be swallowed.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Turtle cone
Turtle cone. Ifoto: Almed2. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • It is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell.1
  • Its shell can reach 103 mm (10.3 cm) in length.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains a delta-conotoxin, called delta-EVIA, which affects the sodium channels in the nerves of vertebrates (animals with backbones). These channels control nerve signals, so the venom interferes with how nerves work.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The turtle cone can sting humans, so it should be treated with caution. Live snails should be handled carefully or not at all.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • 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.
  • Ingwane enamakhonkco aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okanye inkumba ye-cone inokwenza umntu ayeke ukuphefumla esaphaphile: biza uncedo kwaye ulungele ukumphefumlela (rescue breaths) de i-ambulensi ithathe izintambo.

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?

Turtle cone malunga ne-10 cm ubude (4,1 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-3 zilandelelanasicotha kunenkumba yasegadini

U-Turtle cone mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

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Iinyaniso

1

It fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula to stab small fish and paralyse them.1

2

Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres deep off Barbados.1

3

It lives in waters from the surface down to 101 metres deep.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Conus ermineus
Iqela
Iinkumba ze-cone neengwane
Usapho
Conidae2
Ucwangco
Neogastropoda
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandle lweKharibhiya, iGulf yaseMexico, Iilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Conus ermineus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Conus ermineus (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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