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Caracas scorpion

Tityus discrepans

可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它蜇了你，赶快求助。

蜇伤吃：肉

Tityus discrepans is a scorpion from northern and north-eastern South America. It is known as a serious public health problem in Venezuela, where its sting can be dangerous, especially for children and older people.1

生活在

Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, in northern and north-eastern South America1

南美洲

首页

It lives in wooded areas, under leaves and rocks, and in orchids, bromeliads, cracks and bark. It also lives in human homes, where it has been found on sheets, clothing and shoes.1

长度

7.1 cm (2.8 in)1

最高速度

约 1.6 公里/小时（0.99 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It feeds on spiders, insects such as cockroaches and butterflies, and has been noted to prey on other scorpions. It is nocturnal and hunts at night.1

Caracas scorpion的照片 — Caracas scorpion。照片：Veronidae。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Reddish-brown body and pedipalps (the large claw-like feelers at the front), with light legs1
Adults can grow up to 71 mm (males) and 60 mm (females)1
Juveniles can be light yellow-brown, with black areas on the rest of the body1
Nocturnal, so it is mostly active at night1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

The venom contains about 80 types of toxins. Six are Bactridines, which block sodium channels in the nervous system. Ten are considered dangerous to humans, because their low molecular weight lets them travel quickly through the bloodstream to the heart, lungs and pancreas. The sting can cause sweating, breathlessness, excessive salivation, cramps, fever and vomiting.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

It is considered a serious public health problem in Venezuela and is dangerous for all ages, especially children and the elderly. In severe cases the sting can cause heart failure, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs) and pancreatitis (inflamed pancreas).1

如果它蜇人

用冰袋冷敷蜇伤处，让人保持不动。尽快就医，尤其是儿童：有些蝎子对孩子是致命的。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它蜇了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 2 块玩具积木排成一排一样长220 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Caracas scorpion和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Caracas scorpion 约 1.6 公里/小时 (0.99 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its venom contains about 80 types of toxins, and around 10 of them are considered dangerous to humans.1

It sometimes hides in clothing, sheets and shoes in homes, which is how people often meet it.1

The female can give birth to 15 to 30 young, which are born fully developed and ride on her back.1

During mating, the male performs a dance, immobilises the female and leads her to where he has deposited a sperm bag.1

给毒液专家

学名: Tityus discrepans
类别: 蝎子
家人: Buthidae2
排序: Scorpiones
大洲: 南美洲
宝宝: Reproduction can happen at any time and several times a year. The female gives birth to 15 to 30 young, which are born fully developed and ride on the mother's back.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3