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Touch-me-not sponge

Neofibularia nolitangere

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

皮肤里有毒吃：小小的海洋食物碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

The touch-me-not sponge is a large sea sponge that grows on the seabed. It lives in shallow waters of the Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Bahamas. It is worth knowing about because touching it can irritate the skin.1

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from Florida and the Bahamas south to Panama, Colombia and Venezuela1

大西洋, 加勒比海, 墨西哥湾

首页

It lives in shallow waters, at depths of 3 to 46 metres. Divers and swimmers may come across it on the seabed.1

长度

1 m (3.3 ft)1

最高速度

约 0.02 公里/小时（0.01 英里/小时）

游泳, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It is a filter feeder. It draws water in through small pores, and cells lining its inner chambers move the water along and trap tiny food particles, mostly bacteria-sized.1

Touch-me-not sponge的照片 — Touch-me-not sponge。照片：Robin White。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Deep brown or dark red in colour1
Often grows as rounded lobes, each with a cup-shaped dip on top1
Outer surface is smooth but not shiny1
Inside of the cup-shaped openings is rougher than the outside1
Soft, fragile and crumbly, and can grow to about 30 cm wide and tall, sometimes 1 metre wide1

毒力

皮肤里有毒

它的皮肤有毒。摸、舔或吃都很危险。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Handling it is unwise. It causes a smarting feeling and numbness of the skin. Repeated exposure can cause a more severe allergic reaction.1

如果有人碰了或吃了它

把伤口泡在热水里，水温以不烫伤为限、尽量热，然后去看医生取出刺。不要自己去挖。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲大西洋加勒比海墨西哥湾

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 2 只家猫鼻子接尾巴一样长和 6 根香蕉首尾相接一样长比花园蜗牛还慢

Touch-me-not sponge和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只海马 约 0.0015 公里/小时 (0 mph)

Touch-me-not sponge 约 0.02 公里/小时 (0.01 mph)

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

值得了解

事实

Tiny parasitic worms often live inside it. There may be tens of thousands in one sponge, and they can make up five percent of its weight.1

Small gobies, a type of fish, live inside its openings and feed largely on those worms.1

It has been seen to 'smoke', releasing large numbers of sperm from its openings.1

It can grow up to 1 metre wide, although about 30 cm is more common.1

Its shape changes from place to place. In the Bahamas it grows as rounded lobes, while elsewhere it can form flat crusts, concentric mounds or vase-shaped structures.1