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Giant forest scorpion

Heterometrus swammerdami
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Nge KudungwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

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

Anaishi
Native to India1
Asia
Nyumbani
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
Urefu
23 cm (9.1 in)1
Uzito
56 g (2 oz)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 4 kwa saa (maili 2.5 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It kills its prey mainly by crushing it with its pincers rather than by using venom.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Giant forest scorpion
Giant forest scorpion. Picha: Nireekshit. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Its venom is not usually lethal to humans.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?

Giant forest scorpion urefu wa takriban 23 cm (9.1 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na vibanio vya karatasi 56
urefu sawa na matofali 7 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 90 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Giant forest scorpion ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Its sting is deadly to people.

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Heterometrus swammerdami
Kundi
Nge
Familia
Scorpionidae2
Mpangilio
Scorpiones
Mabara
Asia
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Gigantometrus swammerdami (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Heterometrus swammerdami (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. 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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