Hawksbill sea turtle
Sinoshevu uma sidliwaSidla: Kancane kwakho konkeSinoshevu, asinabo ubuthi bokuluma noma bokuhlabaThe hawksbill sea turtle is a sea turtle with a sharp, hooked beak and a shell with a saw-edged rear. It lives mainly in warm tropical reefs in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is critically endangered, and its flesh can become toxic to eat.1

Indlela yokusibona
- Sharp, curving, hooked beak-like mouth1
- Shell edge at the rear looks serrated, like a saw or steak knife1
- Shell has an amber background with light and dark streaks, and black or mottled-brown colours at the sides1
- Two visible claws on each front flipper1
- Shell colour changes slightly with water temperature1
Amandla oshevu
Siyingozi kuphela uma kukhona okusidlayo.
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.The main risk to people is from eating its flesh, which can become toxic after the turtle eats venomous cnidarians (jellyfish-like animals). The sources give no figures for illness or deaths.1
Senzani uma sesabile?
It uses its strong shell to squeeze into tight spaces in reefs, and it may seek places where it can camouflage or hide from predators.1
Uma umuntu esithintile noma esidlile
- Uma umuntu esidlile noma enezimpawu ngemva kokusidla: shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo noma isikhungo soshevu (poison centre) ngokushesha.
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 usithintile noma usidlile: ungahlikihli amehlo noma umlomo wakho, geza izandla zakho futhi uthole usizo lwezokwelapha.
Asikuzingeli wena. Ushevu waso ukhona nje ukuze kungabikho okusidlayo. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile
Kuphi emhlabeni?
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
Sisinda kangakanani?
side njengamakati asekhaya angu-2 kusuka ekhaleni kuya emsileni
side njengobhanana abangu-6 abalandelanayo
singabhukuda ubude bechibi elikhulu lokubhukuda (50 m) ngemizuzwana engu-7.5Hawksbill sea turtle mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?
Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.
Sishesha kangakanani?
Amaqiniso
It is biofluorescent and is the first reptile recorded with this trait, meaning it glows under certain light.1
Some sponges it eats are highly toxic to other animals, and it can eat them without harm.1
It closes its unprotected eyes when feeding on stinging animals, and the Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells cannot pierce its armoured head.1
Sponges make up most of its food, which makes it the only primarily sponge-eating reptile among sea turtles.1
Its shell was the main source of tortoiseshell used for decorative items.1
In the eastern Pacific, it nests and feeds mainly in mangrove estuaries rather than on reefs.1
Okongoti bobuthi
- Igama lesayensi
- Eretmochelys imbricata
- Iqembu
- Ezinye izilwane ezinoshevu
- Umndeni
- Cheloniidae2
- Ukuhleleka
- Testudines
- Amazwekazi
- ULwandlekazi iPacific, ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, ULwandlekazi i-India, Ulwandle Olubomvu, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ulwandle iCoral, Ulwandle lwaseNingizimu China, Ulwandle lwasePhilippines, Ichweba laseMexico, Ulwandle i-Andaman, Ulwandle lwase-Arabia ne-Persian Gulf, Ulwandle lwaseTimor ne-Arafura, Ichweba laseBengal, Ichweba laseCalifornia, Izilwandlekazi
- Izinsana
- Hawksbills nest on beaches, and young hatch from the nests. In 2018, around 120 juveniles recently hatched at Pulau Satumu, Singapore.1
- Simo saso endle
- Critically endangered1
- Ingozi ebantwini
- 4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3
Lapho amaqiniso evela khona
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Eretmochelys imbricata (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
- Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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