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Bobbit worm

Eunice aphroditois
Mayelana negama: The name bobbit worm is believed to come from the John and Lorena Bobbitt case, a widely publicised legal case.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The bobbit worm is a long, slim sea worm that hides in the sand or mud on the ocean floor. It waits with its whole body buried, then strikes passing fish and other prey with sharp jaws. It lives in warm seas, mainly in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific, and can grow to nearly 3 metres long.1

Ihlala
Warm marine waters, mainly the Atlantic Ocean, and also the Indo-Pacific1
ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iMediterranean, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura
Ekhaya
It lives in prey-rich coral reefs, where its colouring helps it blend in, and in sandy and muddy sediments, around rocks and sponges. It has been recorded at depths of up to 95 metres. People may meet it in home aquariums, where it can arrive hidden in live rock.1
Ubude
3 m (9.8 ft)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It senses passing prey with its antennae, seizes it with its mandibles and drags it into its burrow. It mainly feeds on many species of fish, but it also eats algae and dead and decaying matter.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Bobbit worm
Bobbit worm. Isithombe: Dan Schofield. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Has five antennae on its head, used to sense prey1
  • Covered by a hard exoskeleton1
  • Typically deep purple to black, with iridescent skin1
  • Very slim, with a body about 25.5 mm wide even at great lengths1
  • Strikes with sharp mandibles that can be pulled back inside the body1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

Uma siluma

  • Faka inxeba emanzini ashisayo, ashisa ngendlela umuntu angakwazi ukuyibekezelela ngaphandle kokusha, bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha ukuze kukhishwe ameva. Ungawamambi ngokwakho.

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 sikuluma: 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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Bobbit worm ubude obucishe bube ngu-3 m (9.8 ft)Ibhayisikili lomuntu omdala cishe 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto cishe 4.5 m (15 ft)
side njengezinja ezingu-3 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileniside njengobhanana abangu-17 abalandelanayo

Bobbit worm mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It is the longest known member of the polychaete class of bristle worms, with the largest specimen on record reaching 299 cm.1

2

Some fish mob the worm by directing jets of water into its burrow to disorient it.1

3

It hunts by burrowing its whole body into soft sediment and waiting until its antennae detect prey.1

4

Fossil burrows from Miocene rocks in northeastern Taiwan, about 20 million years old, have been linked to this species.1

5

Despite its length, its body is only about 25.5 mm wide.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The worm can reproduce by splitting into several pieces.

Iqiniso: There is no scientific evidence that it reproduces this way. Reports of this appear to come from misreading movement in dead or injured worms. It can regenerate its rear segments, but it reproduces sexually.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Eunice aphroditois
Iqembu
Izinkalankala zasolwandle ezinameva, izinkanyezi zasolwandle nezikelemu
Umndeni
Eunicidae2
Ukuhleleka
Eunicida
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iMediterranean, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Izilwandlekazi
Izinsana
It releases sperm and eggs into the water, where fertilisation happens outside the body, and the young drift as larvae before settling and growing into juvenile worms.1
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Eunice aphroditois (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Eunice aphroditois (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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