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Igishushanyo cya Fat-tailed scorpion
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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis
Ibyerekeye izina: The name joins the Greek word for "man-killer" with the Latin word for "south", giving "southern man-killer".1
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 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

Iba muri
North Africa1
Afurika
Ahabanza
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
Uburebure
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It feeds on insects, small lizards and even small mammals, hunting at night. Cannibalism has been reported in this species.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Fat-tailed scorpion
Fat-tailed scorpion. Ifoto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • 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

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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera urubori

Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: Iteje akaga cyaneIshobora kwica umuntu utavuwe.

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

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?

Fat-tailed 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 180 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)

Fat-tailed 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

It can withstand sandstorms strong enough to strip paint off steel, and it does not dig burrows to shelter from them.1

2

Researchers have considered copying this surface texture for use on aeroplanes and helicopters.1

3

Its armour has dome-shaped granules about 10 micrometres high, and scientists think this texture helps protect it from sand.1

4

The lethal dose (LD50) of its venom is 0.32 mg per kg when injected under the skin.1

5

Its venom contains a toxin called AaTX1, which was first found in this species.1

Usenya ibinyoma

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

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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Androctonus australis
Itsinda
Sikorupiyo
Umuryango
Buthidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Scorpiones
Imigabane
Afurika
Akaga ku bantu
4 / 5: Iteje akaga cyane3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus australis (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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