Venom Wiki
Venom Wiki / Diphoofolo tsohle / Diphepheng
Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Fat-tailed scorpion
No. 0811 ho 1 402

Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis
Ka lebitso: The name joins the Greek word for "man-killer" with the Latin word for "south", giving "southern man-killer".1
E ka bolayaE ka o bolaya ntle le kalafo. Ha e ka o hlaba, fumana thuso kapele.
Diphepheng Ho hlabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

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

E phela
North Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It feeds on insects, small lizards and even small mammals, hunting at night. Cannibalism has been reported in this species.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Fat-tailed scorpion
Fat-tailed scorpion. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Generally similar scorpions from the Middle East and India were once thought to be this species. Recent studies treat them as different species.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E kotsi haholoE ka bolaya motho ya sa fumaneng kalafo.

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

Haeba e hlaba

  • Pholisa moo e hlabileng teng ka pakete ya leqhwa mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe. Fumana thuso ya bongaka kapele, haholoholo bakeng sa bana: diphepheng tse ding di bolaya bana.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Fat-tailed scorpion bolelele ba e ka bang 10 cm (3,9 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 3 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 180 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Fat-tailed scorpion e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Androctonus australis
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Buthidae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
4 / 5: E kotsi haholo3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

Taba e nngwe le e nngwe leqepheng lena e na le nomoro e bontshang mohlodi wa yona. Haeba re entse phoso, re kopa tshwarelo, re barati ba diphoofolo, hase makasine wa saense. Re bolelle ho [email protected] mme re tla e lokisa.

Phepheng e lapile! Venom Wiki ke projeke ya motho a le mong: ke mahala, ha e na dipapatso ebile ha e na di-tracker. Thuso e nyenyane ya tjhelete e e boloka e ntse e le inthaneteng.Fepa phepheng

Tse ding tsa sehlopha se le seng: Diphepheng

DeathstalkerDiphephengE a bolayaEmperor scorpionDiphephengHa e na kotsiArabian fat-tailed scorpionDiphephengE ka bolayaTransvaal thick-tailed scorpionDiphephengE ka bolayaEuropean yellow-tailed scorpionDiphephengHa e na kotsiFlat rock scorpionDiphephengHa e na kotsi

E boetse e phela: Afrika

Black mambaDi-cobra, di-mamba le di-kraitE a bolayaEgyptian cobraDi-cobra, di-mamba le di-kraitE a bolayaPuff adderDi-viper le di-adderE a bolayaBoomslangDinoha tse meno a ka moraoE ka bolayaGaboon viperDi-viper le di-adderE ka bolayaWestern honey beeDinotshi, di-wasp le di-hornetE utlwisa bohloko feela
Fepa phephengnkgo ya ditjhelete tsa teboho, e e boloka e le mahala