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Black fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus bicolor
Nezvezita: The genus name Androctonus can be translated as "man-killer". The species name bicolor means "two colours", which likely refers to its black and brown colouring.1
Inogona kuurayaInogona kukuuraya kana usina kurapwa. Kana ikakubaya, wana rubatsiro nokukurumidza.
Zvinyavada InobayaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

The black fat-tailed scorpion is a large, dark scorpion with a sting that can be dangerous to people. It lives in hot, dry deserts and semi-arid land in North and West Africa and the Middle East. It is hidden away during the day and comes out to hunt at night.1

Inogara mu
North and West Africa, and the Middle East1
Afrika, Asia
Kumba
It is normally found in arid or semi-arid areas and at the edges of deserts, usually on sandy soil. It prefers warm, dry places and stays in shade to keep moisture in its body. During the day it hides in crevices or under objects.1
Kureba
4 cm kusvika 8 cm (1,6 in kusvika 3,1 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It eats insects, spiders, lizards, small mammals such as mice, and even other scorpions. It catches prey with its pincers, crushes it, and stings it to inject venom, which paralyses the prey. It can also go for months without food.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBlack fat-tailed scorpion
Black fat-tailed scorpion. Mufananidzo: Guy Haimovitch. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Black and brown colouring1
  • Hefty, heavily built body1
  • Adults are about 4 to 6 cm long, and can reach a maximum of 8 cm1
  • Moves very fast1
  • Active at night (nocturnal)1

Simba reuturu

Inobaya

Uturu hunobuda nerumbori.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

This scorpion uses neurotoxic venom, which is fast acting and is absorbed quickly. Neurotoxins affect the central nervous system and can paralyse the nerves that control breathing, which can lead to death from respiratory failure. Symptoms can include pain, sweating, drooling, tearing, drowsiness, drooping eyelids, loss of muscle coordination, neck muscle paralysis, abdominal pain and increasing weakness.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ine ngozi zvikuruInogona kuuraya munhu asina kurapwa.

Severe envenoming is likely, with an envenoming rate of 10 to 20 percent, making the sting potentially lethal. Death can occur between 5 and 15 hours after envenoming, and it is also possible for death to happen within one hour.1

Mashoko akanaka: vanachiremba vane mushonga (antivenom) kana kurapwa kwechinhu ichi.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?

Black fat-tailed scorpion kunenge 8 cm kureba (3,1 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 2,5 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 210 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Black fat-tailed scorpion yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

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Chokwadi

1

The genus name Androctonus is often translated as "man-killer", which shows how seriously this scorpion has been regarded.1

2

Its venom is absorbed very quickly because the proteins in it have a small molecular weight.1

3

It needs warmth to grow well, and is most efficient when temperatures are between 29 °C and 35 °C.1

4

It keeps itself in shade to avoid losing moisture from its body, since it is easily affected by dryness.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Androctonus bicolor
Boka
Zvinyavada
Mhuri
Buthidae2
Odha
Scorpiones
Makondinendi
Afrika, Asia
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 51
Ngozi kuvanhu
4 / 5: Ine ngozi zvikuru3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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