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Granulated thick-tailed scorpion

Parabuthus granulatus
Mën na reyMën na la rey su ñu la fajul. Su la jamee, wutal ndimbal ci gaaw.
Jiit yi Dafay jam
Musiba ci nit: Am na musiba loolMën na rey nit ku ñu fajul.

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

Dafay dund ci
Southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana, western Zimbabwe and South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo)1
Afrig
Kër
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
Guddaay
12 cm (4,5 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 2,5 km/h (1,6 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Granulated thick-tailed scorpion
Granulated thick-tailed scorpion. Foto: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

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

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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Granulated thick-tailed scorpion guddaayam lu tollu ci 12 cm (4,5 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 4 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 140 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Granulated thick-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

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

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

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Parabuthus granulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Parabuthus granulatus (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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