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Australian box jellyfish

Chironex fleckeri

Mayelana negama: The species is named after Doctor Hugo Flecker, who found the first specimen. Its genus name combines Chiron, a centaur from Greek myth, with the Latin word nex, meaning murder.1

KuyabulalaUngathintiEsinye sezilwane ezibulala kakhulu eMhlabeni. Uma sikuhlaba, biza usizo khona manjalo.Kubulala emizuzwini embalwa. Usizo kufanele lube selusendleleni.

Ama-jellyfish nezinye izilwane zasolwandle ezihlabayo

Ama-tentacle ahlabayoSidla: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

The Australian box jellyfish is one of the most venomous animals in the world. It lives in the warm coastal waters of northern Australia and nearby parts of Southeast Asia. Its sting can cause extreme pain and can be deadly, so it is important to know how to recognise it and what to do.1

Ihlala

Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam and nearby coasts1

ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura

Ekhaya

It lives in coastal waters, and is most common there in the warmer months. People meet it in shallow water near beaches, and breeding happens in lower river levels and mangrove channels.1

Ubude

16 cm kuya ku-35 cm (6.3 in kuya ku-1.1 ft)1

Ijubane eliphezulu

cishe 7 km/h (4.4 mph)

Ukubhukuda: ama-box jellyfish angabhukuda ngejubane elicishe libe ngama-knot angu-4

Sidlani?

It eats prawns, small fish, crabs, shrimp and other small sea animals. It catches them using its long, stinging tentacles.1

Isithombe sika-Australian box jellyfish — Australian box jellyfish. Isithombe: Kai Squires. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

The bell is box-shaped and pale blue, with faint markings.1
The bell is usually about 16 cm across and can reach 35 cm.1
A cluster of 15 tentacles hangs from each of the four corners of the bell.1
It is almost completely transparent, so it is very hard to see in the water.1
When hunting, its tentacles can stretch to about 3 m long.1

Amandla obuthi

Ama-tentacle ahlabayo

Izinkulungwane zamaseli amancane ahlabayo ziyadubula uma kukhona okuzithintayo.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom makes cells porous, so potassium leaks out of them. This causes hyperkalemia, a dangerous build-up of potassium in the blood, which can lead to heart and circulation failure. Stings cause excruciating pain and a burning feeling, and an untreated victim can die within two to five minutes.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

At least 64 deaths have been recorded in Australia. Most deaths in recent decades have been children, because their smaller bodies are at higher risk. Most stings are mild, but one animal's venom is said to be enough to kill 60 adults.1

Izindaba ezinhle: odokotela banomuthi (i-antivenom) noma indlela yokwelapha lokhu.1

Uma sihlaba

Diluted acetic acid, such as vinegar, is the recommended treatment, because it deactivates stinging cells that have not yet fired. Some North American toxicologists advise applying it for around 30 seconds. Pressure bandages are no longer recommended, because they can cause more stinging cells to fire.1
Phuma emanzini bese ukhipha noma yimiphi imicu ehlabayo (ama-tentacle) (ngamagilavu noma ngendwangu).
Kuma-box jellyfish asezindaweni ezishisayo: thela uviniga ezindaweni ezihlatshiwe okungenani imizuzwana engama-30, biza usizo futhi ulungele ukwenza i-CPR. Kuma-bluebottle nakwamanye amaningi: hlanza ngamanzi olwandle, bese usebenzisa amanzi ashisayo ngenxa yobuhlungu.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Kuphi emhlabeni?

I-Afrika I-Asia I-Yurophu INyakatho Melika INingizimu Melika I-Australia ne-Oceania ULwandlekazi iPacific ULwandlekazi i-India Ulwandle iCoral Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China Ulwandle lwasePhilippines Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-11 ezilandelanayosingabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-26

Australian box jellyfish mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

Umuntu obhukudayo cishe 3 km/h (1.9 mph)

Australian box jellyfish cishe 7 km/h (4.4 mph)

Umbhukudi wama-Olympics cishe 8 km/h (5 mph)

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

It has four clusters of eyes with 24 eyes in total, even though it has no central nervous system.1

Its tentacles are covered with millions of stinging cells that fire microscopic darts carrying venom.1

Its only known predators are green sea turtles and leatherback turtles, whose thick skin protects them from its stings.1

It is attracted to blue light, which makes it stream out its tentacles, while black objects make it move away.1

From certain angles, its pale blue bell looks like a human head or skull.1

Its name, 'hand of death', comes from its four appendages, which look like hands.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: Pressure bandages are the best first aid for a box jellyfish sting.

Iqiniso: Pressure bandages were used until 2005, but health authorities no longer recommend them because they can trigger more venom release. Diluted vinegar is the recommended treatment.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi: Chironex fleckeri
Iqembu: Ama-jellyfish nezinye izilwane zasolwandle ezihlabayo
Umndeni: Chirodropidae2
Ukuhleleka: Chirodropida
Amazwekazi: ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana: It lays eggs, and fertilised eggs develop into tiny polyps that bud into new young jellyfish, which return to the ocean.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 5 / 5: Kuyabulala3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

Chironex fleckeri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Chironex fleckeri (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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