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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis
Ci turam: The name joins the Greek word for "man-killer" with the Latin word for "south", giving "southern man-killer".1
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la jamee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jiit yi Dafay jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Dafay dund ci
North Africa1
Afrig
Kër
It is found mainly in deserts and other arid places. During the day it hides in humid, dark places and comes out at night to hunt.1
Guddaay
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It feeds on insects, small lizards and even small mammals, hunting at night. Cannibalism has been reported in this species.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Fat-tailed scorpion
Fat-tailed scorpion. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Generally similar scorpions from the Middle East and India were once thought to be this species. Recent studies treat them as different species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Su jamee

  • Sedalal fa mu jam ak mbuusu galaas, te def ba nit ki bañ a yëngu. Wutal ndimbal doktoor ci gaaw, rawatina ngir xale yi: am na ay jiit yuy rey xale.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Fat-tailed scorpion guddaayam lu tollu ci 10 cm (3,9 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 3 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 180 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Fat-tailed scorpion ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

It can withstand sandstorms strong enough to strip paint off steel, and it does not dig burrows to shelter from them.1

2

Researchers have considered copying this surface texture for use on aeroplanes and helicopters.1

3

Its armour has dome-shaped granules about 10 micrometres high, and scientists think this texture helps protect it from sand.1

4

The lethal dose (LD50) of its venom is 0.32 mg per kg when injected under the skin.1

5

Its venom contains a toxin called AaTX1, which was first found in this species.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The fat-tailed scorpion lives across the Middle East and as far east as India.

Dëgg: Older data suggested a wider range, but more recent studies have discredited this. It is found in North Africa.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Androctonus australis
Mbooloo
Jiit yi
Njaboot
Buthidae2
Toftal
Scorpiones
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Musiba ci nit
4 / 5: Am na musiba lool3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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