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Igishushanyo cya Amazonian black scorpion
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Amazonian black scorpion

Tityus obscurus
Ishobora kwicaIshobora kukwica niba utavuwe. Niba igutereye urubori, shaka ubufasha vuba.
Sikorupiyo Itera uruboriIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

The Amazonian black scorpion is one of the largest scorpions in its genus, Tityus. It lives in the rainforests of northern South America and hunts at night. Its sting can be dangerous, and it has caused deaths and serious illness in people.1

Iba muri
Northern South America, mainly Brazil, French Guiana and Suriname1
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Ahabanza
It lives in tropical and sub-tropical forests, mainly the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, French Guiana and Suriname. During the day it hides under stones, logs or loose bark.1
Uburebure
6,5 cm kugeza kuri 10 cm (2,6 in kugeza kuri 3,9 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It is nocturnal and hunts at night, mainly eating insects and other arthropods.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Amazonian black scorpion
Amazonian black scorpion. Ifoto: Ythier E (2018) A synopsis of the scorpion fauna of French Guiana, with description of four new species. ZooKeys 764: 27-90. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.764. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Uko wayimenya

  • Black in colour, with a flattened body and legs1
  • Relatively thin claws1
  • Adults can grow up to 65–100 mm, making it one of the largest Tityus species1
  • Juveniles have a brown body with a darkened tail section1
  • Active at night, when it comes out to hunt1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera urubori

Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

Its venom contains excitatory neurotoxins, which overstimulate the nerves, and cardiotoxins, which damage the heart. Reported symptoms in people include severe local pain, swelling, heavy sweating, vomiting, numbness that spreads, muscle twitching, convulsions, drowsiness, hallucinations, fast breathing, a fast heartbeat and heavy drooling. Symptoms can come on quickly and become severe.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

In Guyana, a 16-year-old boy died 16 hours after being stung. Over a 12-month period in Guyana, three people died: two children and a 30-year-old man. In Santarém, Pará, Brazil, a presumed sting by this species caused acute cerebellar dysfunction in 58 patients, with symptoms lasting up to two days. Two of these patients had intense rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle tissue, and acute kidney injury.1

Niba itera urubori

  • Konjesha aho yateye urubori ukoresheje agapaki k'urubura, kandi umuntu agume atuje atanyeganyega. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga vuba, cyane cyane ku bana: sikorupiyo zimwe zica abana.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe igutereye urubori: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

Amazonian black scorpion ireshya hafi 10 cm (3,9 in)Trombone yo gufata impapuro hafi 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefoni igezweho hafi 15 cm (5,9 in)
ireshya n'ibice 3 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongoyakwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 200 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Amazonian black scorpion ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

Deaths from this scorpion have been reported in Guyana, including a 16-year-old boy who died 16 hours after being stung.1

2

Its venom affects both the nerves and the heart.1

3

In Santarém, Brazil, a presumed sting by this species affected 58 patients, with symptoms that could last for two days.1

4

It hides during the day under stones, logs and loose bark, and comes out at night to hunt.1

5

It is one of the largest species in the genus Tityus.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Tityus obscurus
Itsinda
Sikorupiyo
Umuryango
Buthidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Scorpiones
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyepfo
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Tityus obscurus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tityus obscurus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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