Turkish deathstalker
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

Com reconèixer-lo
- 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
Sovint es confon amb: 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
Poder del verí
El verí surt per un fibló.
Què fa el seu verí?
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
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: Molt perillósPot matar una persona que no rep tractament.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
Què fa quan té por?
Its venom is used for self-defence as well as for hunting.1
Si pica
- 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
- Refreda la picada amb gel i mantén la persona quieta. Busca ajuda mèdica de pressa, sobretot per als nens: alguns escorpins són mortals per als nens.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n pica un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
fa de llarg com 3 peces de construcció de joguina en fila
podria recórrer 100 metres en 200 segons (l'humà més ràpid necessita 9,6)Que gran és Turkish deathstalker comparat amb TU?
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Com de ràpid va?
Dades
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
D'on surten les dades
- Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Leiurus abdullahbayrami (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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