Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion
PiztgadasThe Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion is a dark brown or black scorpion with a thick tail. It lives in dry, semi-arid parts of southern Africa. It matters because it is a medically significant scorpion that can sting and can also spray venom.1

Co renconuscher el
- Dark brown or black in colour1
- Grows to 90–110 mm long1
- Thin pincers and a thickened tail1
- The sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail1
- Mostly active at night1
Savens confundì cun: It resembles P. villosus, its close relative. P. villosus is hairier, is less strictly nocturnal and lives further west.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom contains kurtoxin, and a related toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from it. Parabutoxin is a potassium channel inhibitor, which means it blocks channels that the body uses to control nerve and muscle signals. The first droplet of venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: Fitg privlusEl po mazzar ina persuna che na survegn nagin tractament.It is described as a dangerous, medically significant scorpion. It can both sting and spray its venom.1
Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
It can sting and spray its venom when threatened.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
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
uschè lung sco 3 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auter
pudess currer 100 meters en 160 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
It can spray its venom as well as sting.1
The first droplet of its venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1
A toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from its venom.1
Its tail is thickened, and the sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail.1
It is nocturnal and rests in a shallow burrow under rocks during the day.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Parabuthus transvaalicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Parabuthus transvaalicus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- 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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