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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Giant forest scorpion
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Giant forest scorpion

Heterometrus swammerdami
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Diphepheng Ho hlabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

The giant forest scorpion is the largest scorpion species in the world, growing up to 23 cm long. It is native to India and lives in tropical rainforests and other moderately warm places. Its size makes it one of the most striking scorpions around.1

E phela
Native to India1
Asia
Lapeng
It is often found in tropical rainforests and other moderately warm climates. Specimens are collected from degraded or semi-degraded termite mounds, tree holes, and abandoned rat or crab holes in the bunds (raised earth banks) of agricultural fields.1
Bolelele
23 cm (9,1 in)1
Boima
56 g (2 oz)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It kills its prey mainly by crushing it with its pincers rather than by using venom.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Giant forest scorpion
Giant forest scorpion. Foto: Nireekshit. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Body colour ranges from uniform reddish brown to reddish black.1
  • Juveniles are reddish with a yellow telson (the tail section that holds the stinger).1
  • Has 16 to 20 pectinal teeth (comb-like structures on the underside).1
  • Claws are strongly lobe-shaped and completely covered in large, rounded bumps.1
  • The telson is bulbous, and its venom container is longer than the stinger itself.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 not usually lethal to humans. It has probably evolved to kill prey mainly by crushing it with its pincers rather than by venom.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

Its venom is not usually lethal to humans.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?

Giant forest scorpion bolelele ba e ka bang 23 cm (9,1 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka diklipi tsa pampiri tse 56
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 7 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 90 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Giant forest 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

At 23 cm long, it is the world's largest scorpion species.1

2

Its venom container is longer than the stinger it sits in.1

3

It shelters in termite mounds, tree holes, and abandoned rat or crab holes.1

4

Juveniles are reddish with a yellow stinger, unlike the darker adults.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Its sting is deadly to people.

Nnete: Its venom is not usually lethal to humans.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Heterometrus swammerdami
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Scorpionidae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Asia
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Gigantometrus swammerdami (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heterometrus swammerdami (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.

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