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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus crassicauda
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuhlaba, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Oonomadudwane UkuhlabaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Arabian fat-tailed scorpion is a venomous scorpion that can sting with very strong venom. It lives mainly in North Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia, and it is one of the most feared scorpions in its range.1

Sihlala
North Africa and the Middle East; found mainly in Turkey, Iran and other south-western Asian nations1
IAsiya, IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in the ruins of old, neglected buildings and in the edges of deserts in arid and semi-arid places. It also hides in piles of plant debris that have built up over time. In the Persian Gulf conflict it was considered a possible hazard for troops.1
Ubude
10 cm (3,9 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It hunts at night, catching insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Arabian fat-tailed scorpion
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion. Ifoto: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Adults range in colour from light brown to reddish, blackish-brown or black.1
  • Adults can grow to over 10 cm long.1
  • It is nocturnal, hiding in crevices and under objects during the day.1
  • At night it hunts insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom is mainly made of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cardiotoxins, which damage the heart. It may also contain myotoxins, which damage muscle. Local effects include intense pain, redness and swelling. Wider effects can include heart problems, internal bleeding, visual disturbance and breathing problems.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is extremely dangerous and its venom is considered among the most potent of any scorpion. Its sting is known to cause human death, mostly through breathing failure, heart failure or shock.1

Iindaba ezimnandi: oogqirha banamayeza (i-antivenom) okanye unyango lwale nto.1

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Pholisa indawo ehlatyiweyo ngepakethi yomkhenkce kwaye ugcine umntu engashukumi. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ngokukhawuleza, ingakumbi kubantwana: abanye oonomadudwane bayabulala kubantwana.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuhlaba: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion malunga ne-10 cm ubude (3,9 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-3 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-180 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Arabian fat-tailed scorpion mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

Its venom is considered among the most potent of all scorpion venoms.1

2

Antivenom made from this species has been used in Turkey to treat all scorpion stings since 1942.1

3

An Iraqi thrash metal band, Acrassicauda, takes its name from this scorpion.1

4

It was considered a possible hazard for troops during the Persian Gulf conflict, yet it is described as unaggressive and no stings were reported.1

5

It hunts at night and sometimes eats small lizards as well as insects.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Androctonus crassicauda
Iqela
Oonomadudwane
Usapho
Buthidae2
Ucwangco
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
IAsiya, IAfrika
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Androctonus crassicauda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus crassicauda (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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