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Geography cone

Conus geographus

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

Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane

UkuhlabaSidla: Izinhlanzi

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

The geography cone is a predatory sea snail that lives on shallow tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It hunts small fish. Its venom is strong enough to kill a person, which makes it one of the most dangerous cone snails.1

Ihlala

Red Sea, Indian Ocean (including off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania), Indo-Pacific reefs, and off northern and western Australia and Queensland1

ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal

Ekhaya

It lives in the sediment of shallow reefs in tropical seas.1

Ubude

4.3 cm kuya ku-17 cm (1.7 in kuya ku-6.5 in)1

Ijubane eliphezulu

cishe 0.01 km/h (0.01 mph)

Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje

Sidlani?

It eats small fish. It fires a harpoon-like, venom-tipped tooth into its prey. The harpoon is attached to the snail by a proboscis (a tube-like feeding organ), and the prey is pulled inside to be eaten.1

Isithombe sika-Geography cone — Geography cone. Isithombe: Daderot, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

Broad, thin shell that is cylindrically inflated, usually 10 to 15 cm long1
Ground colour is pink or violet-white, sometimes reddish1
Mottled pattern of chestnut or chocolate brown, usually forming two irregular bands1
Wide pink or violet-white opening and numerous shoulder ridges or spines1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: Compared with other cone shells of a similar size, the geography cone has a noticeably wider, more convex middle and a flattened spire. Its walls are also thinner and lighter.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is a complex mix of hundreds of different toxins, delivered through the harpoon-like tooth. It has the most toxic sting known among cone snails. Even the most venomous cone snails take about one to five hours to kill a healthy adult, but medical care must still be prompt.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuyabulalaEsinye sezilwane eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni.

There are reports of about 36 human deaths over the past 300 years. Live specimens should be handled with extreme caution.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Most of the venom's toxic compounds are believed to be used for defence rather than feeding.1

Uma sihlaba

There is no antivenom for a cone snail sting. Treatment consists of keeping the victim alive until the symptoms wear off, so prompt medical care is essential.1
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

Kuphi emhlabeni?

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

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-5 ezilandelanayosihamba kancane kunomnenke wasengadini

Geography cone mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

Ihhashi lasolwandle cishe 0.0015 km/h (0 mph)

Geography cone cishe 0.01 km/h (0.01 mph)

Umnenke wasengadini cishe 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

Its venom contains a form of insulin, which it uses to stun fish. Once the venom passes through a fish's gills, the fish goes into hypoglycaemic shock (a dangerous drop in blood sugar).1

Apart from the tulip cone snail, no other known living thing is known to use its own biological insulin as a weapon.1

Research shows that some proteins from cone snail venom can be up to 10,000 times more effective than morphine as painkillers, without morphine's addictive properties and side effects.1

Of the venom's 100 to 200 toxic peptides, only 15 to 20 are used for feeding.1

Adult geography cones can fall prey to sea turtles, rays, birds and human shell collectors.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: The nickname 'cigarette snail' means a sting gives you just enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die.

Iqiniso: This is a gallows humour exaggeration. Even the most venomous cone snails take about one to five hours to kill a healthy human.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi: Conus geographus
Iqembu: Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane
Umndeni: Conidae2
Ukuhleleka: Neogastropoda
Amazwekazi: ULwandlekazi i-India, ULwandlekazi iPacific, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Izilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini: 5 / 5: Kuyabulala3

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