Fat-tailed scorpion
The fat-tailed scorpion is a hardy desert scorpion from North Africa. It can survive powerful sandstorms without digging a burrow. Its venom is among the most dangerous of any scorpion in the world, so it is important to know it by sight and keep well away from it.1

Paano ito makikilala
- It is a medium-sized scorpion that can grow up to 10 centimetres long.1
- It has a very thick, powerful tail.1
- Stripes run along the sides of its dome-shaped body.1
- Its armour is covered in tiny dome-shaped granules.1
- It is active at night and hides by day.1
Madalas mapagkamalang: Generally similar scorpions from the Middle East and India were once thought to be this species. Recent studies treat them as different species.1
Lakas ng kamandag
Lumalabas ang kamandag sa pamamagitan ng pantusok.
Ano ang epekto ng kamandag nito?
Its venom is very potent and is mainly made of neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and myotoxins (which damage muscle). It also contains hemotoxins, which affect the blood. Deaths in people usually occur through heart and breathing failure, and sometimes through bleeding in the brain, organ damage or shock.1
Gaano ito kapanganib sa tao?
Panganib sa tao: NapakapanganibKaya nitong pumatay ng taong hindi nagamot.It is one of the world's most dangerous scorpions, due to the strength of its venom and its aggressive temperament. It claims several lives each year.1
Kung tumusok ito
- Palamigin ang tusok gamit ang ice pack at panatilihing hindi gumagalaw ang tao. Kumuha agad ng tulong medikal, lalo na para sa mga bata: may mga alakdan na nakamamatay sa mga bata.
Laging tawagan muna ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911). Ito ay pangkalahatang gabay sa pangunang lunas, hindi payong medikal. Mga batayan ng pangunang lunas
Mag-ingat
- Huwag kailanman hawakan, hulihin o asarin ang ligaw na hayop, kahit maliit, at kahit mukha itong tulog o patay.
- Bigyan ito ng espasyo. Kung makasalubong ka ng isa, manatiling kalmado, dahan-dahang umatras at hayaan itong umalis.
- Kung tusukin ka ng isa: manatiling kalmado, huwag gumalaw, tawagan ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911) o pumunta agad sa ospital. Tandaan ang itsura nito, makakatulong ang litrato.
Hindi ka nito hinahabol. Ginagamit nito ang kamandag para manghuli ng pagkain o ipagtanggol ang sarili, at mas gusto pa nitong magtago. Higit pa tungkol sa pag-iingat
Gaano ito kalaki?
Gaano ito kahaba?
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Mga fact
It can withstand sandstorms strong enough to strip paint off steel, and it does not dig burrows to shelter from them.1
Researchers have considered copying this surface texture for use on aeroplanes and helicopters.1
Its armour has dome-shaped granules about 10 micrometres high, and scientists think this texture helps protect it from sand.1
The lethal dose (LD50) of its venom is 0.32 mg per kg when injected under the skin.1
Its venom contains a toxin called AaTX1, which was first found in this species.1
Myth buster
Mito: The fat-tailed scorpion lives across the Middle East and as far east as India.
Totoo: Older data suggested a wider range, but more recent studies have discredited this. It is found in North Africa.1
Saan galing ang mga fact
- Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): mga pangalan at klasipikasyon.
- Venom Wiki: sarili naming tantiya ang antas ng panganib, karaniwang laki at hula sa bilis. Tingnan kung paano namin ito kinukuwenta: Paano namin sinusukat ang panganib.
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