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Deathstalker

Leiurus quinquestriatus

Davart il num: The scientific name Leiurus quinquestriatus roughly translates as "five-striped smooth-tail".1

MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'el ta piztga, clama immediat agid.Agid svelt ed antiserum salvan las bleras persunas. Clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza.

Scorpiuns

Piztgadas

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The deathstalker is a yellow scorpion that lives in deserts and scrubland from North Africa across the Middle East to Central Asia. It is one of the most dangerous scorpions in the world, and its venom is being studied as a possible way to help treat brain tumours.1

Viva en

North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali east to Kazakhstan and western India1

Africa, Asia

Pagina iniziala

It lives in desert and scrubland habitats, across the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, the Thar Desert and Central Asia.1

Lunghezza

3 cm fin 7,7 cm (1,2 in fin 3 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Foto da Deathstalker — Deathstalker. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

It is yellow.1
It is 30 to 77 millimetres long, with an average of 58 millimetres (5.8 cm).1

Savens confundì cun: Other species in the genus Leiurus are also called deathstalkers. In 2014 the subspecies L. q. hebraeus was made its own species, Leiurus hebraeus.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

The venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. Its named components include chlorotoxin, charybdotoxin, scyllatoxin and agitoxins. A sting is extraordinarily painful. There is also a high rate of pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) after envenomation, and any sting carries a risk of anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous scorpion species. Its venom has a low lethal dose, but a sting normally would not kill a healthy adult. Young children, elderly people and those who are infirm, such as people with heart conditions or allergies, are at much greater risk. If a sting proves deadly, the usual cause of death is pulmonary edema, which is fluid build-up in the lungs.1

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

Sch'el piztga

Envenomation is considered a medical emergency, even with treatment. Antivenom exists, but the venom is unusually resistant to treatment and typically needs large doses. Medical help should be sought urgently.1
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?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 2,5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 210 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Deathstalker cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Deathstalker circa 1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Its venom contains chlorotoxin, a peptide that has shown potential for treating human brain tumours.1

In preclinical animal trials, the paint could highlight clusters of as few as 200 cancer cells, while the lower limit for standard MRI was above 500,000.1

In 2015, clinical trials began on chlorotoxin with a fluorescent molecule attached, used as a brain tumour "paint" to mark cancer cells during surgery.1

There is some evidence that other venom components may help regulate insulin and could be used to treat diabetes.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: A deathstalker sting always kills.

Vardad: A sting normally would not kill a healthy adult, but young children, the elderly and people with certain health conditions are at much greater risk.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Leiurus quinquestriatus
Gruppa: Scorpiuns
Famiglia: Buthidae2
Urden: Scorpiones
Continents: Africa, Asia
Privel per umans: 5 / 5: Mortal3

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Deathstalker (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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