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Ikhathuni ka-Turtle cone
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Turtle cone

Conus ermineus
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela.
Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane UkuhlabaSidla: Izinhlanzi
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The turtle cone is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell. It lives in warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters, and it can sting people. Its venom is strong enough that live ones should be left alone.1

Ihlala
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America, off West Africa and Cape Verde, and off Tanzania in the Indian Ocean1
ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ichweba laseMexico
Ekhaya
It lives in the sea, from the surface down to 101 metres deep. Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres off the west coast of Barbados.1
Ubude
10 cm (4.1 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.01 km/h (0.01 mph)
Ukubhukuda, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts small fish. It fires a specialised hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula (a ribbon-like feeding organ) into the fish and paralyses it with venom, so it can be swallowed.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Turtle cone
Turtle cone. Isithombe: Almed2. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • It is a sea snail with a cone-shaped shell.1
  • Its shell can reach 103 mm (10.3 cm) in length.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom contains a delta-conotoxin, called delta-EVIA, which affects the sodium channels in the nerves of vertebrates (animals with backbones). These channels control nerve signals, so the venom interferes with how nerves work.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatshwa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The turtle cone can sting humans, so it should be treated with caution. 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?

Turtle cone ubude obucishe bube ngu-10 cm (4.1 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-3 ezilandelanayosihamba kancane kunomnenke wasengadini

Turtle cone mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It fires a hollow, harpoon-like tooth from its radula to stab small fish and paralyse them.1

2

Empty shells have been found in traps set at 150 metres deep off Barbados.1

3

It lives in waters from the surface down to 101 metres deep.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Conus ermineus
Iqembu
Iminenke ye-cone nezingwane
Umndeni
Conidae2
Ukuhleleka
Neogastropoda
Amazwekazi
ULwandlekazi i-Atlantic, Ulwandle iCaribbean, Ichweba laseMexico, Izilwandlekazi
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

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