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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis

Tentang namanya: The name joins the Greek word for "man-killer" with the Latin word for "south", giving "southern man-killer".1

Bisa membunuhBisa membunuhmu tanpa pengobatan. Jika ia menyengatmu, segera cari bantuan.

Kalajengking

SengatanMakan: Daging

Bahaya bagi manusia: Sangat berbahayaBisa membunuh orang yang tidak diobati.

The fat-tailed scorpion is a hardy desert scorpion from North Africa. It can survive powerful sandstorms without digging a burrow. Its venom is among the most dangerous of any scorpion in the world, so it is important to know it by sight and keep well away from it.1

Hidup di

North Africa1

Afrika

Beranda

It is found mainly in deserts and other arid places. During the day it hides in humid, dark places and comes out at night to hunt.1

Panjang

10 cm (3,9 in)1

Kecepatan tertinggi

sekitar 2 km/jam (1,2 mph)

Di darat, perkiraan kasar

Apa makanannya?

It feeds on insects, small lizards and even small mammals, hunting at night. Cannibalism has been reported in this species.1

Foto Fat-tailed scorpion — Fat-tailed scorpion. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

It is a medium-sized scorpion that can grow up to 10 centimetres long.1
It has a very thick, powerful tail.1
Stripes run along the sides of its dome-shaped body.1
Its armour is covered in tiny dome-shaped granules.1
It is active at night and hides by day.1

Sering tertukar dengan: Generally similar scorpions from the Middle East and India were once thought to be this species. Recent studies treat them as different species.1

Kekuatan bisa

Sengatan

Bisanya keluar lewat sengat.

Apa efek bisanya?

Its venom is very potent and is mainly made of neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and myotoxins (which damage muscle). It also contains hemotoxins, which affect the blood. Deaths in people usually occur through heart and breathing failure, and sometimes through bleeding in the brain, organ damage or shock.1

Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?

Bahaya bagi manusia: Sangat berbahayaBisa membunuh orang yang tidak diobati.

It is one of the world's most dangerous scorpions, due to the strength of its venom and its aggressive temperament. It claims several lives each year.1

Jika ia menyengat

Dinginkan sengatan dengan kompres es dan jaga orangnya tetap diam. Segera cari bantuan medis, terutama untuk anak-anak: beberapa kalajengking mematikan bagi anak-anak.

Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama

Tetap aman

Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menyengatmu: tetap tenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nomor darurat (112, 000, 911) atau segera ke rumah sakit. Ingat seperti apa rupanya, foto sangat membantu.

Ia tidak mengincarmu. Ia memakai bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia jauh lebih suka bersembunyi. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropa Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia dan Oseania

Seberapa besar dia?

Seberapa panjang dia?

sepanjang 3 balok mainan yang dijajarkanbisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 180 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)

Seberapa besar Fat-tailed scorpion dibandingkan KAMU?

Hanya hitungan di browsermu. Tidak ada yang disimpan atau dikirim ke mana pun.

Seberapa cepat dia?

Kura-kura darat sekitar 0,3 km/jam (0,19 mph)

Fat-tailed scorpion sekitar 2 km/jam (1,2 mph)

Orang yang berjalan sekitar 5 km/jam (3,1 mph)

layak diketahui

Fakta

It can withstand sandstorms strong enough to strip paint off steel, and it does not dig burrows to shelter from them.1

Researchers have considered copying this surface texture for use on aeroplanes and helicopters.1

Its armour has dome-shaped granules about 10 micrometres high, and scientists think this texture helps protect it from sand.1

The lethal dose (LD50) of its venom is 0.32 mg per kg when injected under the skin.1

Its venom contains a toxin called AaTX1, which was first found in this species.1

Pembongkar mitos

Mitos: The fat-tailed scorpion lives across the Middle East and as far east as India.

Faktanya: Older data suggested a wider range, but more recent studies have discredited this. It is found in North Africa.1

Untuk ahli bisa

Nama ilmiah: Androctonus australis
Kelompok: Kalajengking
Keluarga: Buthidae2
Urutan: Scorpiones
Benua: Afrika
Bahaya bagi manusia: 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana faktanya berasal

Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
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