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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis

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

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

Kala jengking

SengatanMakan: Daging

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

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

Laman utama

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

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 2 km/j (1.2 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

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

Gambar Fat-tailed scorpion — Fat-tailed scorpion. Gambar: 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 dikelirukan 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

Kuasa bisa

Sengatan

Bisa keluar melalui penyengat.

Apa kesan 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

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

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

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

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 3 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 180 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Fat-tailed 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)

Fat-tailed scorpion kira-kira 2 km/j (1.2 mph)

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

berguna untuk 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

Pemecah mitos

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

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

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Androctonus australis
Kumpulan: Kala jengking
Keluarga: Buthidae2
Susunan: Scorpiones
Benua-benua: Afrika
Bahaya kepada manusia: 4 / 5: Sangat berbahaya3

Dari mana fakta datang

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