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Granulated thick-tailed scorpion

Parabuthus granulatus

Anaweza kuuaAnaweza kukuua bila matibabu. Akikudunga, tafuta msaada haraka.

Kudungwa

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

The granulated thick-tailed scorpion is a large scorpion, about 11.5 cm long, that lives in the drier parts of southern Africa. It is one of the more venomous scorpions in its region. It causes more serious stings in South Africa than any other scorpion species.1

Anaishi

Southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, western Zimbabwe and South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo)1

Afrika

Nyumbani

It lives in dry country and prefers stable sandy or gritty soil. It burrows at the base of grass tufts, shrubs, logs or stones. It is sparsely spread out, but it hunts actively in the open, so people can come into contact with it.1

Urefu

12 cm (4.5 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 2.5 kwa saa (maili 1.6 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Picha ya Granulated thick-tailed scorpion — Granulated thick-tailed scorpion. Picha: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Dark yellow to brown in colour1
Large, at about 11.5 cm1
Has a relatively small vesicle (the bulb at the tail tip that holds the venom)1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: Hatari sanaAnaweza kumuua mtu asiyepata matibabu.

Of all scorpion species, it causes the most serious cases of envenomation in South Africa. A few people die from its sting each year.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

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

urefu sawa na matofali 4 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 140 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Granulated thick-tailed scorpion 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)

Granulated thick-tailed scorpion takriban km 2.5 kwa saa (1.6 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

A few people die from its sting each year in South Africa.1

It is responsible for most of the serious scorpion stings in South Africa.1

It is one of the most venomous scorpions in its region, even though its venom gland (vesicle) is relatively small.1

It forages actively in open ground, which brings it into contact with people.1

It digs burrows at the base of grass tufts, shrubs, logs or stones and prefers sandy or gritty soil.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Parabuthus granulatus
Kundi: Nge
Familia: Buthidae2
Mpangilio: Scorpiones
Mabara: Afrika
Hatari kwa watu: 4 / 5: Hatari sana3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Parabuthus granulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Parabuthus granulatus (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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