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Indian red scorpion
StekeThe Indian red scorpion is a small, venomous scorpion found across most of India, eastern Pakistan, the eastern lowlands of Nepal and, more recently, Sri Lanka. It often lives close to people, so its sting is a serious concern in busy rural areas, especially for children.1
Hoe om dit te herken
- Its walking legs and the tips of its pincers are bright orange-yellow to light reddish-brown.1
- Its body is about 5 to 9 cm long (50 to 90 mm).1
- It has three distinct ridges (carinae) on the top of its body segments.1
- It has rather small pincers, a moderately thick tail and a rounded tail tip with a large stinger.1
- In males, the base of the pincers is slightly more swollen than in females.1
Word dikwels verwar met: Under tree bark, its close relative Hottentotta pachyurus is far more common, making up about 91% of scorpions found there in one study in Pune, western India. Scorpions found under bark in that area are therefore more likely to be that species.1
Gifkrag
Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.
Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?
The venom is a complex mixture of proteins, including a toxin called tamapin. It mainly affects the heart and lungs, causing symptoms such as severe local pain, vomiting, sweating, unconsciousness, muscle convulsions, breathlessness, abnormal heart rhythms, shock and pulmonary oedema (fluid in the lungs), which may cause death.1
Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?
Gevaar vir mense: DodelikEen van die gevaarlikste diere in die wêreld.It is of great medical significance in densely populated areas of India and Nepal and occasionally causes human deaths. Clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%, and most victims are children. In Sri Lanka, 12 children in Jaffna died from its stings in 2011, and 80 patients were recorded in 2012.1
Goeie nuus: dokters het 'n medisyne (teengif) of 'n behandeling hiervoor.1
As dit steek
- Antivenin is the specific treatment, combined with supportive care such as vasodilators for heart effects and benzodiazepines for muscle effects. Scorpion antivenom has shown little effect in clinical treatment, while the drug prazosin, which lowers raised blood pressure, is usually recommended and reduces the mortality rate to less than 4%. Get to a hospital fast.1
- Koel die steek met 'n yspak af en hou die persoon stil. Kry vinnig mediese hulp, veral vir kinders: sommige skerpioene is dodelik vir kinders.
Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels
Bly veilig
- Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
- Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
- As een jou steek: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.
Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly
Waar in die wêreld?
Hoe groot is dit?
Hoe lank is dit?
so lank soos 3 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n ry
kan 100 meter in 220 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)Hoe groot is Indian red scorpion in vergelyking met JOU?
Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.
Hoe vinnig is dit?
Feite
Most of its victims are children, and clinical studies report fatality rates of 8 to 40%.1
It often comes indoors, where it may crawl into beds or fall from ceilings at night.1
Its venom affects the heart and lungs more than the nerves, which is why its symptoms can become life-threatening.1
Prazosin, a drug used to lower blood pressure, reduces its mortality rate to less than 4%.1
It was not originally found in Sri Lanka, but studies from 2010 to 2013 showed it is now present there.1
Mite-breker
Mite: Five different subspecies of the Indian red scorpion exist.
Waarheid: R.I. Pocock described five groups in 1900, but these are colour variants (colour morphs), not true subspecies.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Hottentotta tamulus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hottentotta tamulus (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
- Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.
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