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Fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus australis
名字的由来： The name joins the Greek word for "man-killer" with the Latin word for "south", giving "southern man-killer".1
可致命不治疗可能会要你的命。如果它蜇了你，赶快求助。
蝎子 蜇伤吃：肉
对人的危险: 非常危险不治疗可能会害死人。

The fat-tailed scorpion is a hardy desert scorpion from North Africa. It can survive powerful sandstorms without digging a burrow. Its venom is among the most dangerous of any scorpion in the world, so it is important to know it by sight and keep well away from it.1

生活在
North Africa1
非洲
首页
It is found mainly in deserts and other arid places. During the day it hides in humid, dark places and comes out at night to hunt.1
长度
10 cm (3.9 in)1
最高速度
约 2 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）
在陆地上, 粗略估计
它吃什么？
It feeds on insects, small lizards and even small mammals, hunting at night. Cannibalism has been reported in this species.1
真的！Fat-tailed scorpion的照片
Fat-tailed scorpion。照片：unknown。 CC0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

  • It is a medium-sized scorpion that can grow up to 10 centimetres long.1
  • It has a very thick, powerful tail.1
  • Stripes run along the sides of its dome-shaped body.1
  • Its armour is covered in tiny dome-shaped granules.1
  • It is active at night and hides by day.1

常被误认为： Generally similar scorpions from the Middle East and India were once thought to be this species. Recent studies treat them as different species.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its venom is very potent and is mainly made of neurotoxins (which attack the nerves), cardiotoxins (which harm the heart) and myotoxins (which damage muscle). It also contains hemotoxins, which affect the blood. Deaths in people usually occur through heart and breathing failure, and sometimes through bleeding in the brain, organ damage or shock.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 one of the world's most dangerous scorpions, due to the strength of its venom and its aggressive temperament. It claims several lives each year.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？

Fat-tailed scorpion 约 10 cm 长 (3.9 in)一个回形针 约 3 cm (1.2 in)一部智能手机 约 15 cm (5.9 in)
和 3 块玩具积木排成一排一样长180 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Fat-tailed 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？

值得了解

事实

1

It can withstand sandstorms strong enough to strip paint off steel, and it does not dig burrows to shelter from them.1

2

Researchers have considered copying this surface texture for use on aeroplanes and helicopters.1

3

Its armour has dome-shaped granules about 10 micrometres high, and scientists think this texture helps protect it from sand.1

4

The lethal dose (LD50) of its venom is 0.32 mg per kg when injected under the skin.1

5

Its venom contains a toxin called AaTX1, which was first found in this species.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The fat-tailed scorpion lives across the Middle East and as far east as India.

真相： Older data suggested a wider range, but more recent studies have discredited this. It is found in North Africa.1

给毒液专家

学名
Androctonus australis
类别
蝎子
家人
Buthidae2
排序
Scorpiones
大洲
非洲
对人的危险
4 / 5: 非常危险3

事实的来源

  1. Androctonus australis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus australis (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
  3. Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的： 我们如何评定危险.

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