Cuban blue scorpion
螫The Cuban blue scorpion, also called the red scorpion, is a scorpion found only in a few parts of the Caribbean and Central America. It lives under rocks and fallen trees and among bromeliad plants. Hundreds of people are stung by it each year in Cuba, but the stings are not considered dangerous.1

怎麼認出牠
- Adults are 55 to 100 mm (5.5 to 10 cm) long.1
- The body is yellowish brown, pink or orange, and often reddish or dark.1
- The tail is red or purple, with a blue tone on the tail and stinger.1
- The eight legs are darker, in burgundy, purple or blackish shades, with a black triangle between them.1
- It has a single stinger.1
毒液力量
毒液從螫針出來。
牠的毒液有什麼作用?
Its venom has an LD50 of 8.0 mg/kg, which is a measure of toxicity. The amount that would be needed to reach this level is far more than the stinger carries, so a single sting delivers much less than this dose.1
牠對人有多危險?
對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛,但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。Hundreds of people in Cuba are stung by this scorpion each year. The stings are not dangerous, because the amount of venom in the stinger is far below the LD50 level.1
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
牠有多大?
牠有多長?
跟 3 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長
可以在 210 秒內跑完 100 公尺(最快的人類需要 9.6 秒)Cuban blue 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?
小知識
知識的出處
- Heteroctenus junceus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Heteroctenus junceus (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- 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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如果牠螫人