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Emperor scorpion

Pandinus imperator

AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.

Oonomadudwane

UkuhlabaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The emperor scorpion is one of the largest scorpions in the world, with adults averaging about 20 cm long. It lives in rainforests and savannas in West Africa. It is popular in the pet trade, and it is protected by CITES because over-collecting threatened wild populations.1

Sihlala

West Africa, in rainforests and savannas, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It burrows beneath the soil and hides under rocks and debris. It often burrows into termite mounds, and lives in both tropical forest and open savanna.1

Ubude

20 cm (7,9 in)1

Ubunzima

30 g (1,1 oz)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It mainly eats insects and other land invertebrates, with termites making up a large part of its diet. It sometimes eats larger animals such as rodents and lizards. It uses its large claws to tear apart prey, and its sting injects venom that liquefies the food.1

Ifoto ka-Emperor scorpion — Emperor scorpion. Ifoto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Large body, usually black, with a metallic greenish-black exoskeleton1
Large pincers that are blackish-red and have a granular texture1
Long tail that curves back over the body, ending in a sharp, curved stinger1
Glows pastel green or greenish-blue under ultraviolet light1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often confused with scorpions of the genus Heterometrus.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains ion channel toxins, including imperatoxin and pandinotoxin. Most people are not severely affected by its sting, and its venom does not cause severe symptoms in most people. Juveniles use their sting to paralyse prey, while adults rely mainly on their claws.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

Its sting is usually mild, similar to a bee sting in many cases. Most people are not severely affected, although some people may be allergic to scorpion stings in general.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

Adults do not normally use their sting to defend themselves, although young scorpions may use it.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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neziqhobosho zephepha eziyi-30

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-6 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-100 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Emperor scorpion mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Emperor scorpion malunga ne-3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its body glows greenish-blue under ultraviolet light, as other scorpions do.1

It can burrow through termite mounds up to about 1.8 metres deep to hunt prey.1

It is one of the largest scorpions in the world, and is one of the most famous scorpions.1

Its sensory hairs on the pincers and tail detect vibrations in the air and ground, which helps it find prey.1

It is popular in the pet trade because it is docile, large and hardy, and it can live up to 8 years in captivity.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Emperor scorpions are aggressive and their stings are deadly.

Inyaniso: They are known for being docile, and their stings are usually mild. Most people are not severely affected.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Pandinus imperator
Iqela: Oonomadudwane
Usapho: Scorpionidae2
Ucwangco: Scorpiones
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Ixesha lobomi: malunga neminyaka eyi-81
Imeko yaso endle: CITES-listed, protected to prevent over-collecting in the wild1
Ingozi ebantwini: 1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Emperor scorpion (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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