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Turkish deathstalker

Leiurus abdullahbayrami

Kan doodmaakKan jou doodmaak sonder behandeling. As dit jou steek, kry vinnig hulp.

StekeEet: Vleis

Gevaar vir mense: Baie gevaarlikDit kan 'n mens doodmaak wat geen behandeling kry nie.

The Turkish deathstalker is a scorpion from the family Buthidae. Its venom is highly toxic to humans, but scientists also use scorpion venom in medical research. It lives in dry, rocky places and usually keeps away from people.1

Leef in

Turkey, in dry, semi-arid regions1

Asië

Tuis

It lives in rocky areas with short, scattered plants, in semi-arid regions with dry, chalky (calcareous) soils. It tends to keep away from human settlements.1

Lengte

9 cm (3,5 in)3

tipiese grootte van 'n volwasse dier

Topspoed

omtrent 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

Scorpions eat beetles, grasshoppers, locusts, centipedes, spiders and ants, and can eat small snakes, lizards or rodents if they can hold on long enough. They catch or crush their prey and inject venom to kill it. They are nocturnal and can go weeks or months between meals.1

Foto van Turkish deathstalker — Turkish deathstalker. Foto: Dalik Klavalav. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Hoe om dit te herken

Brown front body section (cephalothorax), with a yellow head, legs and tail.1
The very last segment of the tail is brown instead of yellow.1
Its pincers and other body parts are yellowish, against a mostly black background on the front body and tail.1

Word dikwels verwar met: It was once considered the same species as the deathstalker (L. quinquestriatus), but was reclassified as a separate species in 2009 based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Its tail segments are shorter than those of the deathstalker.1

Gifkrag

Steke

Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.

Wat doen sy gif as dit byt of steek?

Its venom comes from two venom glands and is mainly made of proteins. It stimulates voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels, which control the electrical signals in nerves and muscles. Symptoms can be severe: after a sting, pain can come in waves with seizures, and blisters can form at the site of the sting.1

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: Baie gevaarlikDit kan 'n mens doodmaak wat geen behandeling kry nie.

Only a small portion of scorpions are harmful to humans, but this species' venom is very toxic and can cause severe symptoms from a single sting. The sting is much worse in children, and it may pose a serious health threat to infants because of their small body weight.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Its venom is used for self-defence as well as for hunting.1

As dit steek

Anyone who has been stung should have an early echocardiogram, which is a heart ultrasound, because the venom can affect the heart. In the case described, the patient was given sodium chloride (saline) and a local painkiller at hospital.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?

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Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

so lank soos 3 speelgoed-boublokke in 'n rykan 100 meter in 200 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot is Turkish deathstalker in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Turkish deathstalker omtrent 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

In one recorded case, a sting on the thumb of a 30-year-old man caused pain, reddening, seizures and blisters, and he was unable to move his arm up for a time.1

When a male wants to mate, he injects a small dose of venom into the female to calm her before they move together in a dance-like pattern.1

In tests on rats, the venom of this species had a greater effect than the venom of the Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda).1

Its venom is studied for treating nervous, immune, infection, cardiovascular and cancer (neoplastic) diseases.1

Birds, bats and mice prey on scorpions, which is why they are more active on moonless nights.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Leiurus abdullahbayrami
Groep: Skerpioene
Familie: Buthidae2
Orde: Scorpiones
Kontinente: Asië
Babas: The young, called scorplings, are born alive after 122 to 277 days, and a mother can give birth to 35 to 87 of them.1
Gevaar vir mense: 4 / 5: Baie gevaarlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Leiurus abdullahbayrami (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
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