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Giant vinegaroon

Mastigoproctus giganteus
Nezvezita: The name 'vinegaroon' comes from the strong vinegar smell of its spray, and 'whipscorpion' comes from its long, whip-like tail.1
Isina ngoziHaina ngozi kuvanhu. Hapana chekunetseka nacho.
Makonye nezvipukanana Inopfapfaidza kana kupfiraInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ngozi shomaSenyuchi kubaya kana kushoma. Kazhinji haina ngozi kuvanhu.

The giant vinegaroon is a large, harmless-to-people relative of the scorpion, known for the vinegar smell it gives off when threatened. It lives in the southern United States and Mexico, where it hunts insects and other small creatures at night. It is useful to people because it eats scorpions and other pests.1

Inogara mu
Southern United States (Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) and Mexico1
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Kumba
It lives in the southern US and Mexico at heights of 1380 to 1800 metres. It hunts at night and hides in places it can dig into and shelter in.1
Kureba
4 cm kusvika 6 cm (1,6 in kusvika 2,4 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It feeds at night on insects such as cockroaches and crickets, as well as millipedes, other arachnids, worms, slugs and small frogs and toads. It holds prey with its large pedipalps while its chelicerae tear and bite.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waGiant vinegaroon
Giant vinegaroon. Mufananidzo: Jbjensen1. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Maziviro ayo

  • Body length is 40 to 60 millimetres, not counting the tail.1
  • Has a long, thin, whip-like tail at the back.1
  • Has two long front legs that it uses to feel around and sense vibrations.1
  • Has two large pedipalps (front limbs) modified into claws for crushing prey.1
  • When sprayed, it smells strongly of vinegar.1

Simba reuturu

Inopfapfaidza kana kupfira

Inopfapfaidza kana kupfira mvura inorwadza pane vanoirwisa.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

It is not venomous. From the base of its tail it sprays a liquid made of 85% acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. If the spray gets into mucous membranes or cuts, it can sting, and it can irritate the eyes.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

It seldom bites or pinches people. Its main risk is the acid spray, which can sting and cause eye irritation.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

When threatened, it sprays acetic acid from the base of its tail.1

Kana ikakupfapfaidza

  • Kune mvere dzemakonye anobaya: dzibvise nekamatepi kanonamira, wozogeza ganda. Usakwesha.
  • Kana yakuruma: geza parumwa wotonhodza. Wana rubatsiro rwechiremba kana munhu asinganzwi zvakanaka kana achibuda ropa zviri nyore.

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 ikakupfapfaidza: 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?

Giant vinegaroon kunenge 6 cm kureba (2,4 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 2 zvakateedzana

Giant vinegaroon yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

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

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Its common name 'vinegaroon' comes from the vinegar smell of the acid it sprays.1

2

It is an efficient predator of scorpions, and it is sometimes bought for that purpose.1

3

Males fight each other at night in fierce battles for the chance to mate with a female.1

4

It has eight eyes, but they are very weak, so it finds its way mostly by feeling with its front legs, tail and pedipalps.1

5

Raccoons, coatis, armadillos, skunks, bears, roadrunners, lizards and tarantulas may all eat it.1

6

It is sold in the exotic animal trade as a pet.1

Kuputsa ngano

Ngano: Giant vinegaroons are dangerous and venomous to people.

Chokwadi: They are non-venomous and seldom bite or pinch people. The main risk is the acid spray, which can irritate the eyes or sting if it reaches cuts or mucous membranes.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Mastigoproctus giganteus
Boka
Makonye nezvipukanana
Mhuri
Thelyphonidae2
Odha
Uropygi
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Vacheche
The female produces about 40 offspring, which she protects and feeds during their early lives. She reproduces only once.1
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 71
Ngozi kuvanhu
1 / 5: Ngozi shoma3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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