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Caracas scorpion

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

Tityus discrepans is a scorpion from northern and north-eastern South America. It is known as a serious public health problem in Venezuela, where its sting can be dangerous, especially for children and older people.1

Sihlala
Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, in northern and north-eastern South America1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in wooded areas, under leaves and rocks, and in orchids, bromeliads, cracks and bark. It also lives in human homes, where it has been found on sheets, clothing and shoes.1
Ubude
7,1 cm (2,8 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It feeds on spiders, insects such as cockroaches and butterflies, and has been noted to prey on other scorpions. It is nocturnal and hunts at night.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Caracas scorpion
Caracas scorpion. Ifoto: Veronidae. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Reddish-brown body and pedipalps (the large claw-like feelers at the front), with light legs1
  • Adults can grow up to 71 mm (males) and 60 mm (females)1
  • Juveniles can be light yellow-brown, with black areas on the rest of the body1
  • Nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom contains about 80 types of toxins. Six are Bactridines, which block sodium channels in the nervous system. Ten are considered dangerous to humans, because their low molecular weight lets them travel quickly through the bloodstream to the heart, lungs and pancreas. The sting can cause sweating, breathlessness, excessive salivation, cramps, fever and vomiting.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is considered a serious public health problem in Venezuela and is dangerous for all ages, especially children and the elderly. In severe cases the sting can cause heart failure, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs) and pancreatitis (inflamed pancreas).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?

Caracas scorpion malunga ne-7,1 cm ubude (2,8 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-2 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-220 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Caracas 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 contains about 80 types of toxins, and around 10 of them are considered dangerous to humans.1

2

It sometimes hides in clothing, sheets and shoes in homes, which is how people often meet it.1

3

The female can give birth to 15 to 30 young, which are born fully developed and ride on her back.1

4

During mating, the male performs a dance, immobilises the female and leads her to where he has deposited a sperm bag.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Tityus discrepans
Iqela
Oonomadudwane
Usapho
Buthidae2
Ucwangco
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana
Reproduction can happen at any time and several times a year. The female gives birth to 15 to 30 young, which are born fully developed and ride on the mother's back.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Tityus discrepans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tityus discrepans (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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