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Emperor scorpion

Pandinus imperator
Isina ngoziHaina ngozi kuvanhu. Hapana chekunetseka nacho.
Zvinyavada InobayaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ngozi shomaSenyuchi kubaya kana kushoma. Kazhinji haina ngozi kuvanhu.

The emperor scorpion is one of the largest scorpions in the world, with adults averaging about 20 cm long. It lives in rainforests and savannas in West Africa. It is popular in the pet trade, and it is protected by CITES because over-collecting threatened wild populations.1

Inogara mu
West Africa, in rainforests and savannas, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon1
Afrika
Kumba
It burrows beneath the soil and hides under rocks and debris. It often burrows into termite mounds, and lives in both tropical forest and open savanna.1
Kureba
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Huremu
30 g (1,1 oz)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It mainly eats insects and other land invertebrates, with termites making up a large part of its diet. It sometimes eats larger animals such as rodents and lizards. It uses its large claws to tear apart prey, and its sting injects venom that liquefies the food.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waEmperor scorpion
Emperor scorpion. Mufananidzo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Large body, usually black, with a metallic greenish-black exoskeleton1
  • Large pincers that are blackish-red and have a granular texture1
  • Long tail that curves back over the body, ending in a sharp, curved stinger1
  • Glows pastel green or greenish-blue under ultraviolet light1

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: It is often confused with scorpions of the genus Heterometrus.1

Simba reuturu

Inobaya

Uturu hunobuda nerumbori.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom contains ion channel toxins, including imperatoxin and pandinotoxin. Most people are not severely affected by its sting, and its venom does not cause severe symptoms in most people. Juveniles use their sting to paralyse prey, while adults rely mainly on their claws.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: Ngozi shomaSenyuchi kubaya kana kushoma. Kazhinji haina ngozi kuvanhu.

Its sting is usually mild, similar to a bee sting in many cases. Most people are not severely affected, although some people may be allergic to scorpion stings in general.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

Adults do not normally use their sting to defend themselves, although young scorpions may use it.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?

Emperor scorpion kunenge 20 cm kureba (7,9 in)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)

Inorema zvakadii?

inorema sezvibatanidzo zvemapepa 30
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 6 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 100 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Emperor scorpion yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Its body glows greenish-blue under ultraviolet light, as other scorpions do.1

2

It can burrow through termite mounds up to about 1.8 metres deep to hunt prey.1

3

It is one of the largest scorpions in the world, and is one of the most famous scorpions.1

4

Its sensory hairs on the pincers and tail detect vibrations in the air and ground, which helps it find prey.1

5

It is popular in the pet trade because it is docile, large and hardy, and it can live up to 8 years in captivity.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Emperor scorpions are aggressive and their stings are deadly.

Chokwadi: They are known for being docile, and their stings are usually mild. Most people are not severely affected.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Pandinus imperator
Boka
Zvinyavada
Mhuri
Scorpionidae2
Odha
Scorpiones
Makondinendi
Afrika
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 81
Iri kurarama sei musango
CITES-listed, protected to prevent over-collecting in the wild1
Ngozi kuvanhu
1 / 5: Ngozi shoma3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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