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Brazilian yellow scorpion

Tityus serrulatus

Tentang nama: Its common name comes from its pale-yellow legs and pedipalps (the front limbs near the mouth).1

Boleh membunuhBoleh membunuh kamu tanpa rawatan. Jika ia menyengat kamu, dapatkan bantuan dengan cepat.

Kala jengking

SengatanMakan: Serangga

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

The Brazilian yellow scorpion is a small scorpion that lives in Brazil, often in towns and cities. Its venom is extremely toxic, and it is the most dangerous scorpion in South America.1

Hidup di

Brazil, widespread across most of the country, including São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Bahia1

Amerika Selatan

Laman utama

It is suited to urban life, living in sewers and trash heaps. Most stings happen in towns, inside or near homes.1

Panjang

5 cm hingga 7 cm (2 in hingga 2.8 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 1.4 km/j (0.87 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

It eats insects, especially cockroaches. Its venom-injecting barb can immobilise prey.1

Gambar Brazilian yellow scorpion — Brazilian yellow scorpion. Gambar: José Roberto Peruca. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Adults are usually 5 to 7 cm long.1
Legs and pedipalps are pale yellow, while the body and the tip of the tail are a darker yellowish brown.1
The tail is bulbous and segmented, with prominent ridges and serrations, and is often carried curved forward over the back.1
The tail ends in a venom-injecting barb.1

Kuasa bisa

Sengatan

Bisa keluar melalui penyengat.

Apa kesan bisanya?

Its venom contains an excitatory neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves that control involuntary body functions and releases adrenaline and related chemicals. Mild cases cause mainly localised pain, while more serious cases can bring fever, sweating, tremors, vomiting, agitation, a fast heartbeat and inflammation of the pancreas. Deaths can occur within 1 to 6 hours, or 12 to 14 hours, depending on age, health and the amount of venom injected.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: Sangat berbahayaIa boleh membunuh orang yang tidak mendapat rawatan.

It is responsible for more medically significant accidents than any other scorpion in Brazil, and most of the country's fatal scorpion cases. Mortality rates are 1.0 to 2.0% among children and elderly people. In a nationwide study from 2000 to 2012, Brazil recorded 482,616 scorpion accidents and 728 deaths, and this species was believed to cause most of those deaths.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

It uses its tail barb to deliver defensive strikes.1

Jika ia menyengat

Sejukkan sengatan dengan pek ais dan pastikan orang itu tidak bergerak. Dapatkan bantuan perubatan dengan segera, terutamanya untuk kanak-kanak: sesetengah kala jengking boleh membunuh kanak-kanak.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menyengat kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

sepanjang 2 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 260 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Brazilian yellow scorpion berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Kura-kura darat kira-kira 0.3 km/j (0.19 mph)

Brazilian yellow scorpion kira-kira 1.4 km/j (0.87 mph)

Orang berjalan kira-kira 5 km/j (3.1 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Reported scorpion stings in Brazil rose from 12,000 in 2000 to 140,000 by 2018.1

It has a low metabolic rate, so it can survive for months without eating.1

Scorpion numbers have grown in Brazilian cities, helped by plenty of cockroaches to eat and few predators.1

Its venom varies by region. Scorpions from Distrito Federal have an LD50 of 51.6 μg/kg, compared with 26 μg/kg for those from Minas Gerais. LD50 is the dose that kills half of the animals tested.1

Its tail is bulbous and segmented, with ridges and serrations, and it often curls forward over its back.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Tityus serrulatus
Kumpulan: Kala jengking
Keluarga: Buthidae2
Susunan: Scorpiones
Benua-benua: Amerika Selatan
Anak: It usually reproduces without a male (parthenogenesis).1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana fakta datang

Tityus serrulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Tityus serrulatus (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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