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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus crassicauda
Po mazzarPo ta mazzar senza tractament. Sch'el ta piztga, tschertga spert agid.
Scorpiuns PiztgadasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

The Arabian fat-tailed scorpion is a venomous scorpion that can sting with very strong venom. It lives mainly in North Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia, and it is one of the most feared scorpions in its range.1

Viva en
North Africa and the Middle East; found mainly in Turkey, Iran and other south-western Asian nations1
Asia, Africa
Pagina iniziala
It lives in the ruins of old, neglected buildings and in the edges of deserts in arid and semi-arid places. It also hides in piles of plant debris that have built up over time. In the Persian Gulf conflict it was considered a possible hazard for troops.1
Lunghezza
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts at night, catching insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1
Propi!Foto da Arabian fat-tailed scorpion
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion. Foto: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Adults range in colour from light brown to reddish, blackish-brown or black.1
  • Adults can grow to over 10 cm long.1
  • It is nocturnal, hiding in crevices and under objects during the day.1
  • At night it hunts insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is mainly made of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cardiotoxins, which damage the heart. It may also contain myotoxins, which damage muscle. Local effects include intense pain, redness and swelling. Wider effects can include heart problems, internal bleeding, visual disturbance and breathing problems.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.

It is extremely dangerous and its venom is considered among the most potent of any scorpion. Its sting is known to cause human death, mostly through breathing failure, heart failure or shock.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Sch'el piztga

  • Sfradenta la piztgada cun in pachet da glatsch e fa che la persuna resta immobila. Tschertga spert agid medicinal, surtut per uffants: tscherts scorpiuns èn mortals per uffants.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion circa 10 cm lung (3,9 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
uschè lung sco 3 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 180 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Arabian fat-tailed scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Its venom is considered among the most potent of all scorpion venoms.1

2

Antivenom made from this species has been used in Turkey to treat all scorpion stings since 1942.1

3

An Iraqi thrash metal band, Acrassicauda, takes its name from this scorpion.1

4

It was considered a possible hazard for troops during the Persian Gulf conflict, yet it is described as unaggressive and no stings were reported.1

5

It hunts at night and sometimes eats small lizards as well as insects.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Androctonus crassicauda
Gruppa
Scorpiuns
Famiglia
Buthidae2
Urden
Scorpiones
Continents
Asia, Africa
Privel per umans
4 / 5: Fitg privlus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Androctonus crassicauda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus crassicauda (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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