Leopard sea cucumber
The leopard sea cucumber is a soft-bodied sea animal that lives on the seabed. It is found in shallow, warm waters around coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It matters because it sweeps sand and food through its body and carries small fish and shrimp that live with it.1

毒素力量
牠的皮膚有毒。碰、舔或吃牠都很危險。
牠的毒素有什麼作用?
When disturbed or handled, it ejects sticky threads called Cuvierian tubules from near its anus. These threads contain toxins that deter predators. The toxins are irritating to human skin.1
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。The toxins in its sticky threads are irritating to human skin. The risk comes when the animal is disturbed or handled.1
牠害怕時會做什麼?
When threatened, it ejects sticky, toxin-carrying threads from its anus.1
如果有人碰了或吃了牠
- 把傷口泡在熱水裡,水溫要在傷者能忍受、又不會燙傷的範圍內,並就醫請醫生取出棘刺。不要自己挖出來。
一定要先打緊急電話(112、000、911)。這是一般急救指引,不是醫療建議。 急救基本知識
注意安全
- 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物,就算是很小的動物,就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
- 給牠空間。如果遇到了,保持冷靜,慢慢往後退,讓牠自己離開。
- 如果你碰了或吃了牠:不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴,把手洗乾淨,並且就醫。
牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。 更多安全知識
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
牠有多重?
跟 3 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長
大約跟一隻家貓一樣重
比花園蝸牛還慢Leopard sea cucumber 跟「你」比起來有多大?
只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存,也不會傳送到任何地方。
牠有多快?
小知識
Pearlfish, such as the star pearlfish, sometimes live inside its body cavity, usually entering head-first through the anus.1
In one study in the Banda Islands, 15 star pearlfish were found living inside a single leopard sea cucumber.1
The star pearlfish helps defend its host, fighting off a parasitic pearlfish that can threaten it.1
A compound called Arguside A, extracted from its tissues, appears to be harmful to several types of human tumour cells.1
The emperor shrimp is often found with it and may help keep it free of ectoparasites.1
知識的出處
- Bohadschia argus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bohadschia argus (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的: 我們怎麼評估危險.
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