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Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion

Parabuthus transvaalicus
SinokubulalaSinokukubulala ukuba awunyangwanga. Ukuba siyakuhlaba, fumana uncedo ngokukhawuleza.
Oonomadudwane Ukuhlaba
Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

The Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion is a dark brown or black scorpion with a thick tail. It lives in dry, semi-arid parts of southern Africa. It matters because it is a medically significant scorpion that can sting and can also spray venom.1

Sihlala
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, parts of the Namib Desert and South Africa1
IAfrika
Ekhaya
It lives in deserts, scrublands and semi-arid regions. During the day it rests in a shallow burrow under rocks.1
Ubude
9 cm ukuya ku-11 cm (3,5 in ukuya ku-4,3 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-2,3 km/h (1,4 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion
Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion. Ifoto: RichardMcJimsey. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Dark brown or black in colour1
  • Grows to 90–110 mm long1
  • Thin pincers and a thickened tail1
  • The sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail1
  • Mostly active at night1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It resembles P. villosus, its close relative. P. villosus is hairier, is less strictly nocturnal and lives further west.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuhlaba

Ityhefu iphuma ngenaliti yokuhlaba.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains kurtoxin, and a related toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from it. Parabutoxin is a potassium channel inhibitor, which means it blocks channels that the body uses to control nerve and muscle signals. The first droplet of venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Siyingozi kakhuluSinokubulala umntu ongafumani nyango.

It is described as a dangerous, medically significant scorpion. It can both sting and spray its venom.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It can sting and spray its venom when threatened.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?

Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion malunga ne-11 cm ubude (4,3 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-160 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It can spray its venom as well as sting.1

2

The first droplet of its venom is different from the rest and is called "pre-venom".1

3

A toxin called parabutoxin has been isolated from its venom.1

4

Its tail is thickened, and the sting segment is as wide as the rest of the tail.1

5

It is nocturnal and rests in a shallow burrow under rocks during the day.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Parabuthus transvaalicus
Iqela
Oonomadudwane
Usapho
Buthidae2
Ucwangco
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Siyingozi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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