Brazilian brown scorpion
The Brazilian brown scorpion is a venomous scorpion found in South America. It lives mostly in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, and is very common in farming areas. It matters because it is one of the scorpions most often linked to stings in rural places.1

Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves. Symptoms include severe pain, swelling, sweating, lethargy, fast heart rate, pulmonary (lung) oedema, difficulty breathing, pancreatitis, nausea, vomiting and changes in blood pressure. The venom's LD50 is 0.5 mg/kg, a measure of how toxic it is to test animals.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.It is the main cause of scorpion sting cases in rural areas and is often ranked the second most toxic of its kind, behind only T. serrulatus.1
Hufanya nini akiogopa?
It is not aggressive and avoids humans, but if threatened it will defend itself with its sting.1
Akidunga
- Poza mahali palipodungwa kwa barafu na umweke mtu bila kutikisika. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu haraka, hasa kwa watoto: baadhi ya nge ni hatari ya kifo kwa watoto.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikudunga: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
urefu sawa na matofali 2 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari
angeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 260 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)Brazilian brown scorpion ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
It is often called the second most toxic scorpion of its kind, after T. serrulatus.1
Females can give birth to as many as 25 young in one litter.1
It is common in farmland, which is why it causes many stings in rural areas.1
The most common toxin in its venom is Tb1, which makes up about 10% of the soluble venom.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Tityus bahiensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Tityus bahiensis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
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