Giant vinegaroon
The giant vinegaroon is a large, harmless-to-people relative of the scorpion, known for the vinegar smell it gives off when threatened. It lives in the southern United States and Mexico, where it hunts insects and other small creatures at night. It is useful to people because it eats scorpions and other pests.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Body length is 40 to 60 millimetres, not counting the tail.1
- Has a long, thin, whip-like tail at the back.1
- Has two long front legs that it uses to feel around and sense vibrations.1
- Has two large pedipalps (front limbs) modified into claws for crushing prey.1
- When sprayed, it smells strongly of vinegar.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣጥቀዕቱ ዘቃጽል ፈሳሲ ይነዝሕ ወይ ይተፍእ።
መርዙ (ክነኽስ ወይ ክነድፍ ከሎ) እንታይ ይገብር?
It is not venomous. From the base of its tail it sprays a liquid made of 85% acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. If the spray gets into mucous membranes or cuts, it can sting, and it can irritate the eyes.1
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ቀሊልከም ምንዳፍ ንህቢ ወይ ካብኡ ዝውሕድ። ንሰባት ዳርጋ ዘይጎድእ።It seldom bites or pinches people. Its main risk is the acid spray, which can sting and cause eye irritation.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
When threatened, it sprays acetic acid from the base of its tail.1
እንተ ነዝሑካ
- ንዝነድፍ ጸጉሪ ኣባጨጓሬ፦ ብዝጠብቕ ቴፕ ኣልዕሎ፣ ድሕሪኡ ነቲ ቆርበት ሕጸቦ። ኣይትደርዞ።
- ንንኽሳታት፦ ሕጸብን ኣዝሕልን። እቲ ሰብ ጥዕና እንተ ዘይተሰምዖ ወይ ደሙ ብቐሊሉ እንተ ፈሰሰ ሕክምናዊ ሓገዝ ርኸብ።
ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት
ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ
- ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
- ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
- ሓደ እንተ ነዝሑካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።
ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ብመስመር ከም ዝተሰርዑ 2 ናይ መጻወቲ ህንጻ ብሎካት ይነውሕGiant vinegaroon ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
Its common name 'vinegaroon' comes from the vinegar smell of the acid it sprays.1
It is an efficient predator of scorpions, and it is sometimes bought for that purpose.1
Males fight each other at night in fierce battles for the chance to mate with a female.1
It has eight eyes, but they are very weak, so it finds its way mostly by feeling with its front legs, tail and pedipalps.1
Raccoons, coatis, armadillos, skunks, bears, roadrunners, lizards and tarantulas may all eat it.1
It is sold in the exotic animal trade as a pet.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዝሰብር
ጽውጽዋይ፦ Giant vinegaroons are dangerous and venomous to people.
ሓቂ፦ They are non-venomous and seldom bite or pinch people. The main risk is the acid spray, which can irritate the eyes or sting if it reaches cuts or mucous membranes.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Mastigoproctus giganteus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Mastigoproctus giganteus (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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