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Inland robust scorpion

Urodacus yaschenkoi

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

螫

The inland robust scorpion is a large black-and-red scorpion that lives in the dry inland deserts of Australia. It is one of the biggest scorpion species in Australia, and it digs spiral burrows deep into the sand.1

分布在

Inland Australia, from Birdsville on the Queensland and New South Wales border to Broome and Laverton in Western Australia1

澳洲與大洋洲

首頁

It lives in arid regions of inland Australia, including sand dunes. It builds and lives in a spiral burrow dug into the sand.1

長度

7 cm (2,8 in)1

最高速度

大約 2 km/h（1,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

Inland robust scorpion 的照片 — Inland robust scorpion。照片：Kym Nicolson。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Measures up to 7 cm, making it one of the largest scorpion species native to Australia.1
The body (carapace) is red-yellow-brown, with the back segments, tail and pedipalps darker red to red-black.1
The underside and legs are brown-yellow.1
Males have a long, spiked tail, while females have a short tail.1

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

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。

Its tail is described as deadly, with a hook at the end. Females have a short tail lined with venom.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？

跟 2 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）

Inland robust 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？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Inland robust scorpion 大約 2 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It digs by moving sand with its pincers (chelicerae) and scraping it backwards with its legs. The sand it removes can weigh 200 to 400 times the scorpion's own weight.1

Every burrow has the same basic shape: a sloping entrance, then up to nine spiral turns, ending in a flat chamber at the bottom.1

In experiments, these scorpions built a burrow in 8 to 10 hours.1

Burrows change with age. Young scorpions dig burrows about 15 to 20 cm deep, while the oldest scorpions dig down to around 100 cm.1

In captivity, they can live for 10 to 15 years, and they are sold in pet shops in Australia.1