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Yellow-bellied sea snake

Hydrophis platurus
Nípa orúkọ náà: Platurus comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'flat' and 'tail', which refers to its flattened, paddle-shaped tail.1
Ó nílò dókítàKì í sábà pani, ṣùgbọ́n ìbùjẹ nílò dókítà.
Ejò òkun ÌbùjẹOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Ẹja
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

The yellow-bellied sea snake is a sea snake with a strongly venomous bite. It lives in warm tropical oceans and spends its whole life at sea, floating on the surface. Its yellow belly and brown back make it easy to tell apart from most other sea snakes.1

Ó ń gbé ní
Tropical oceans across the Indo-Pacific, the Pacific coasts of the Americas, the eastern coast of Africa, and parts of the Atlantic and Caribbean through occasional strays.1
Òkun Pàsífíìkì, Òkun Íńdíà, Òkun Coral, Òkun Gúúsù Ṣáínà, Òkun Fílípínì, Òkun Andaman, Òkun Arébíà àti Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Páṣíà, Òkun Tímọ̀ àti Òkun Àráfúrà, Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Bẹ̀ngál, Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Kalifọ́níà
Ilé
It is a free-floating ocean snake that drifts on surface currents, often along oceanic drift lines and in floating mats of sea kelp. People most often meet it when it is washed up on beaches or caught in fishing nets.1
Gígùn
88 cm (2.9 ft)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 3.7 km/h (2.3 mph)
Lílúwẹ̀ẹ́, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
It hunts pelagic fish that come to the surface to shelter. It floats still on the surface to attract them, then catches prey with a backwards swimming motion and a rapid lunge of the jaws.1
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Yellow-bellied sea snake
Yellow-bellied sea snake. Fọ́tò: Aloaiza. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • Sharply bicoloured: black or dark brown on the back, with a yellow or brown underside.1
  • The yellow belly may have black spots, bars or crossbars, or a narrow black stripe along the back.1
  • Has a flattened, paddle-shaped tail for swimming.1
  • Adults are usually up to about 72 cm (males) or 88 cm (females) long.1

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

The venom is highly potent and contains several different neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, along with two other isotoxins. Sea snake venom can damage skeletal muscle, which may release myoglobin into the urine (myoglobinuria), and can cause neuromuscular paralysis or direct kidney damage. Juvenile venom is on average less concentrated than adult venom.1

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó le gan-anÌbùjẹ nílò dókítà. Ikú kò wọ́pọ̀ rárá.

Bites are rare. The most common victims are fishermen who try to remove the snakes from fishing nets. No deaths have been recorded from bites in Australian waters.1

Ìròyìn ayọ̀: àwọn dókítà ní oògùn (antivenom) tàbí ìtọ́jú fún èyí.1

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

It is not considered aggressive but will defend itself if threatened.1

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • The venom is neutralised with sea snake antivenom (Enhydrina schistosa). If that is not available, tiger snake or polyvalent antivenom should be used.1
  • Dídì pẹ̀lú ìfúnpá láìmira (pressure immobilisation): fi bándéèjì rọ́bà (elastic) tó le wé ibi ìbùjẹ náà, lẹ́yìn náà wé e sókè títí bo gbogbo apá tàbí ẹsẹ̀ náà, fi igi ìdábùú (splint) dì í, kí o sì jẹ́ kí ẹni náà wà láìmira rárá títí ìrànlọ́wọ́ yóò fi dé.
  • Mú ẹni náà jáde kúrò nínú omi kí o sì gbé e lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Níbo ní ayé?

ÁfíríkàÉṣíàYúróòpùÀríwá Amẹ́ríkàGúúsù Amẹ́ríkàỌsirélíà àti ÒṣéáníàÒkun PàsífíìkìÒkun ÍńdíàÒkun CoralÒkun Gúúsù ṢáínàÒkun FílípínìÒkun AndamanÒkun Arébíà àti Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun PáṣíàÒkun Tímọ̀ àti Òkun ÀráfúràÌyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Bẹ̀ngálÌyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Kalifọ́níà

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Yellow-bellied sea snake gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 88 cm (2.9 ft)Ológbò ilé nǹkan bí 50 cm (1.6 ft)Ajá kan nǹkan bí 1 m (3.3 ft)
ó gùn tó ológbò ilé 2 láti imú dé ìrùó gùn tó ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ 5 tí a tò tẹ̀léralè lúwẹ̀ẹ́ gígùn adágún ìwẹ̀ ńlá (50 m) ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 49

Báwo ni Yellow-bellied sea snake ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

1

It can swim backwards, which is an unusual ability and a distinguishing feature of this species.1

2

It breathes partly through its skin, taking oxygen from seawater while diving and swimming at the surface.1

3

It can survive severe dehydration for up to 7 months during seasonal drought.1

4

Large groups of thousands have been seen floating together on the surface in oceanic drift lines.1

5

It is the only sea snake known to have reached the Hawaiian Islands.1

6

Strays wash up so often on New Zealand's coasts that it is considered native to the country and protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.1

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: Sea snakes drink seawater and filter out the salt through a special salt gland in the lower jaw.

Òtítọ́: Sea snakes drink only fresh water. The salt gland was once thought to filter salt, but it is not used for that purpose. The yellow-bellied sea snake likely drinks from freshwater lenses that form on the sea surface after heavy rain.1

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Hydrophis platurus
Ẹgbẹ́
Ejò òkun
Ìdílé
Elapidae2
Ètò
Squamata
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Òkun Pàsífíìkì, Òkun Íńdíà, Òkun Coral, Òkun Gúúsù Ṣáínà, Òkun Fílípínì, Òkun Andaman, Òkun Arébíà àti Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Páṣíà, Òkun Tímọ̀ àti Òkun Àráfúrà, Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Bẹ̀ngál, Ìyawọlẹ̀ Òkun Kalifọ́níà, Àwọn òkun ńlá
Àwọn ọmọ
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous) after a gestation period of around 6 months, and females bear them in tidal pools.1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
3 / 5: Ó le gan-an3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Yellow-bellied sea snake (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hydrophis platurus (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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