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Ikhathuni ka-Crown cone
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Crown cone

Conus regius
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane UkuhlabaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The crown cone is a sea snail that lives in warm western Atlantic waters. It is a predator, and its sting can injure or kill people, so it is one to treat with great care. It is known to science for its unusually complex venom.1

Ihlala
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil1
ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ichweba laseMexico
Ekhaya
A marine snail found from the shallows down to 95 m deep.1
Ubude
7.5 cm (3 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.01 km/h (0.01 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
The crown cone is a predatory snail.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Crown cone
Crown cone. Isithombe: Almed2. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Usually chestnut brown with blue-white spots1
  • Shell colour varies, with white, yellow-brown and pale brown forms1
  • Low spire with distinct small bumps (tubercles) and fairly straight sides1
  • Opening (aperture) has a white inside, sometimes with chestnut blotches1
  • Maximum shell length of about 7.5 cm1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom contains a conotoxin called reg2a, which is made of 16 amino acids. It is the most potent known blocker of acetylcholine receptors in the vertebrate brain, a receptor type with a very high affinity for nicotine. The venom also blocks calcium receptors in sensory nerve cells, which stops nerve impulses from travelling along the nerve.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The crown cone is capable of stinging and injuring or killing humans. Live snails should be handled carefully or not at all.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Ukubopha ngokucindezela nokuvimba ukunyakaza (pressure immobilisation): bopha ibhandeshi elinwebekayo eliqinile phezu kwenxeba bese ukhuphuka nesitho sonke, usiqinise nge-splint, futhi ugcine umuntu engashukumi nhlobo kuze kufike usizo.
  • Ingwane enezindandatho eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka noma umnenke we-cone ungamenza umuntu ayeke ukuphefumula esaphapheme: biza usizo futhi ulungele ukumphefumulela (rescue breaths) kuze kufike i-ambulensi ithathe izintambo.

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Crown cone ubude obucishe bube ngu-7.5 cm (3 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-2.5 ezilandelanayosihamba kancane kunomnenke wasengadini

Crown cone mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

The crown cone has more different conotoxins than any other cone snail species.1

2

Its conotoxin reg2a may be of medical importance in research on nicotine addiction.1

3

The venom acts on the nervous system by blocking calcium receptors in sensory nerve cells.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Conus regius
Iqembu
Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane
Umndeni
Conidae2
Ukuhleleka
Neogastropoda
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ichweba laseMexico, Izilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Conus regius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Conus regius (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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