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Giant vinegaroon

Mastigoproctus giganteus

Malunga negama: The name 'vinegaroon' comes from the strong vinegar smell of its spray, and 'whipscorpion' comes from its long, whip-like tail.1

AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.

Imibungu nezinambuzane

Siyafafaza okanye sitshicaSitya: Inyama

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

The giant vinegaroon is a large, harmless-to-people relative of the scorpion, known for the vinegar smell it gives off when threatened. It lives in the southern United States and Mexico, where it hunts insects and other small creatures at night. It is useful to people because it eats scorpions and other pests.1

Sihlala

Southern United States (Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) and Mexico1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It lives in the southern US and Mexico at heights of 1380 to 1800 metres. It hunts at night and hides in places it can dig into and shelter in.1

Ubude

4 cm ukuya ku-6 cm (1,6 in ukuya ku-2,4 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds at night on insects such as cockroaches and crickets, as well as millipedes, other arachnids, worms, slugs and small frogs and toads. It holds prey with its large pedipalps while its chelicerae tear and bite.1

Ifoto ka-Giant vinegaroon — Giant vinegaroon. Ifoto: Jbjensen1. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Body length is 40 to 60 millimetres, not counting the tail.1
Has a long, thin, whip-like tail at the back.1
Has two long front legs that it uses to feel around and sense vibrations.1
Has two large pedipalps (front limbs) modified into claws for crushing prey.1
When sprayed, it smells strongly of vinegar.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Siyafafaza okanye sitshica

Sifafaza okanye sitshica ulwelo oluhlabayo kwabo basihlaselayo.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

It is not venomous. From the base of its tail it sprays a liquid made of 85% acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. If the spray gets into mucous membranes or cuts, it can sting, and it can irritate the eyes.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

It seldom bites or pinches people. Its main risk is the acid spray, which can sting and cause eye irritation.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When threatened, it sprays acetic acid from the base of its tail.1

Ukuba siyakufafaza

Kwiinwele zemibungu ehlabayo: zisuse ngeteyipu encamathelayo, emva koko uhlambe isikhumba. Musa ukukhuhla.
Kukulunywa: hlamba uze upholise. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle okanye wopha lula.

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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 siyakufafaza: 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?

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-2 zilandelelana

U-Giant vinegaroon 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)

Giant vinegaroon malunga ne-0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its common name 'vinegaroon' comes from the vinegar smell of the acid it sprays.1

It is an efficient predator of scorpions, and it is sometimes bought for that purpose.1

Males fight each other at night in fierce battles for the chance to mate with a female.1

It has eight eyes, but they are very weak, so it finds its way mostly by feeling with its front legs, tail and pedipalps.1

Raccoons, coatis, armadillos, skunks, bears, roadrunners, lizards and tarantulas may all eat it.1

It is sold in the exotic animal trade as a pet.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Giant vinegaroons are dangerous and venomous to people.

Inyaniso: They are non-venomous and seldom bite or pinch people. The main risk is the acid spray, which can irritate the eyes or sting if it reaches cuts or mucous membranes.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Mastigoproctus giganteus
Iqela: Imibungu nezinambuzane
Usapho: Thelyphonidae2
Ucwangco: Uropygi
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Iintsana: The female produces about 40 offspring, which she protects and feeds during their early lives. She reproduces only once.1
Ixesha lobomi: malunga neminyaka eyi-71
Ingozi ebantwini: 1 / 5: Kuthambile3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Mastigoproctus giganteus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Mastigoproctus giganteus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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