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Amazonian black scorpion

Tityus obscurus
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakubaya, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Zvinyavada InobayaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

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

Inogara mu
Northern South America, mainly Brazil, French Guiana and Suriname1
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Kumba
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
Kureba
6,5 cm kusvika 10 cm (2,6 in kusvika 3,9 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It is nocturnal and hunts at night, mainly eating insects and other arthropods.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waAmazonian black scorpion
Amazonian black scorpion. Mufananidzo: 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.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Simba reuturu

Inobaya

Uturu hunobuda nerumbori.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

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

Kana ikabaya

  • Tonhodza pakabayiwa nepakiti yechando uye chengeta munhu asingafambe. Wana rubatsiro rwechiremba nokukurumidza, kunyanya kuvana: zvimwe zvinyavada zvinouraya vana.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakubaya: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Amazonian black scorpion kunenge 10 cm kureba (3,9 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 3 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 200 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Amazonian black scorpion yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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Inomhanya zvakadii?

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Chokwadi

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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

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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

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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Tityus obscurus
Boka
Zvinyavada
Mhuri
Buthidae2
Odha
Scorpiones
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKumaodzanyemba
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Tityus obscurus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tityus obscurus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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