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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis

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

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 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

Viva en

North Africa1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

10 cm (3,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

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

Co renconuscher el

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

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

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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

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?

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

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 Fat-tailed scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

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

Fat-tailed scorpion circa 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

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

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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