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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus crassicauda
可能致命不治療的話可能會害死你。如果牠螫了你，要趕快求救。
蠍子 螫吃：肉
對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

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

分布在
North Africa and the Middle East; found mainly in Turkey, Iran and other south-western Asian nations1
亞洲, 非洲
首頁
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
長度
10 cm (3,9 in)1
最高速度
大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）
在陸地上, 粗略估計
牠吃什麼？
It hunts at night, catching insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1
是真的！Arabian fat-tailed scorpion 的照片
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion。照片：Ryan van Huyssteen。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

  • 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

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

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

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 非常危險如果沒有治療，牠可能會害死一個人。

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

好消息：醫生有藥（抗毒血清）或治療方法。1

如果牠螫人

  • 用冰敷袋冰敷螫傷處，讓傷者保持不動。趕快就醫，特別是小朋友：有些蠍子對小孩是致命的。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。 急救基本知識

注意安全

  • 絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
  • 給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
  • 如果被牠螫了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。 更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion 大約 10 cm 長 (3,9 in)一根迴紋針 大約 3 cm (1,2 in)一支智慧型手機 大約 15 cm (5,9 in)
跟 3 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 180 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

值得知道

小知識

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

給毒液專家

學名
Androctonus crassicauda
類群
蠍子
家人
Buthidae2
排序
Scorpiones
各大洲
亞洲, 非洲
對人的危險
4 / 5: 非常危險3

知識的出處

  1. Androctonus crassicauda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus crassicauda (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
  3. Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的： 我們怎麼評估危險.

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