Spur-winged goose
The spur-winged goose is a large waterbird from Sub-Saharan Africa, and on average it is the world's largest goose. Some populations are poisonous to eat: birds that feed on many blister beetles carry a poison called cantharidin in their body tissue.1

毒素力量
只有被吃下去時才有害。
牠的毒素有什麼作用?
This goose is not venomous. Its poison, cantharidin, is held in the bird's tissue and comes from blister beetles it eats. Eating the cooked goose poisons the person who eats it.1
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛,但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。Only populations whose diet includes large amounts of blister beetles are poisonous. A dose of 10 mg of cantharidin can kill a human. The risk is to people who eat the cooked goose.1
牠害怕時會做什麼?
Its alarm call is a soft bubbling "cherwit" when it takes flight or feels alarmed.1
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 2,5 隻家貓從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長
跟 6 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長
可以在 9,5 秒內飛過一整座足球場Spur-winged goose 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
On average, it is the world's largest goose. It is also one of the largest African waterfowl, after the wading Goliath heron.1
During the breeding season, it is highly aggressive. It can use the spur on the bend of its wing in fights with other birds.1
Its wingspan can reach 150 to 200 cm, which is wider than most adults are tall.1
Its nests can be found in unusual places, including tree holes, rock cavities, old nests of other birds, termite mounds and aardvark burrows.1
Although it belongs to the duck, goose and swan family, Anatidae, its unique features place it in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.1
知識的出處
- Spur-winged goose (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Plectropterus gambensis (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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