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Deathstalker

Leiurus quinquestriatus

Kuhusu jina: The scientific name Leiurus quinquestriatus roughly translates as "five-striped smooth-tail".1

AnauaMmoja wa wanyama wanaoua zaidi Duniani. Akikudunga, omba msaada mara moja.Msaada wa haraka na dawa ya kuzuia sumu huokoa watu wengi. Piga namba yako ya dharura mara moja.

Nge

Kudungwa

Hatari kwa watu: AnauaMmoja wa wanyama hatari zaidi duniani.

The deathstalker is a yellow scorpion that lives in deserts and scrubland from North Africa across the Middle East to Central Asia. It is one of the most dangerous scorpions in the world, and its venom is being studied as a possible way to help treat brain tumours.1

Anaishi

North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, from Algeria and Mali east to Kazakhstan and western India1

Afrika, Asia

Nyumbani

It lives in desert and scrubland habitats, across the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, the Thar Desert and Central Asia.1

Urefu

3 cm hadi 7.7 cm (1.2 in hadi 3 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 1.7 kwa saa (maili 1.1 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Picha ya Deathstalker — Deathstalker. Picha: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

It is yellow.1
It is 30 to 77 millimetres long, with an average of 58 millimetres (5.8 cm).1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Other species in the genus Leiurus are also called deathstalkers. In 2014 the subspecies L. q. hebraeus was made its own species, Leiurus hebraeus.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves. Its named components include chlorotoxin, charybdotoxin, scyllatoxin and agitoxins. A sting is extraordinarily painful. There is also a high rate of pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) after envenomation, and any sting carries a risk of anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: AnauaMmoja wa wanyama hatari zaidi duniani.

The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous scorpion species. Its venom has a low lethal dose, but a sting normally would not kill a healthy adult. Young children, elderly people and those who are infirm, such as people with heart conditions or allergies, are at much greater risk. If a sting proves deadly, the usual cause of death is pulmonary edema, which is fluid build-up in the lungs.1

Habari njema: madaktari wana dawa (ya kuzuia sumu) au matibabu ya hili.1

Akidunga

Envenomation is considered a medical emergency, even with treatment. Antivenom exists, but the venom is unusually resistant to treatment and typically needs large doses. Medical help should be sought urgently.1
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

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na matofali 2.5 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 210 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Deathstalker ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Deathstalker takriban km 1.7 kwa saa (1.1 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Its venom contains chlorotoxin, a peptide that has shown potential for treating human brain tumours.1

In preclinical animal trials, the paint could highlight clusters of as few as 200 cancer cells, while the lower limit for standard MRI was above 500,000.1

In 2015, clinical trials began on chlorotoxin with a fluorescent molecule attached, used as a brain tumour "paint" to mark cancer cells during surgery.1

There is some evidence that other venom components may help regulate insulin and could be used to treat diabetes.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: A deathstalker sting always kills.

Ukweli: A sting normally would not kill a healthy adult, but young children, the elderly and people with certain health conditions are at much greater risk.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Leiurus quinquestriatus
Kundi: Nge
Familia: Buthidae2
Mpangilio: Scorpiones
Mabara: Afrika, Asia
Hatari kwa watu: 5 / 5: Anaua3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Deathstalker (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Leiurus quinquestriatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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