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Flat rock scorpion

Hadogenes troglodytes

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蜇伤吃：昆虫

The flat rock scorpion is a scorpion that lives on rocky hillsides in southern Africa. It is venomous, but its sting is very mild, and it is sold as an exotic pet. It is special because its flattened body lets it slip into tiny cracks in the rocks.1

生活在

Southern Africa: Limpopo province, northern Mpumalanga, Botswana, Zimbabwe and western Mozambique1

非洲

首页

It lives in slightly humid rocky places with plenty of cracks and crevices, mostly on rocky outcrops. It stays on one outcrop for its whole life and cannot cross sand for long, as it will die of exposure.1

长度

20 cm (7.9 in)1

最高速度

约 3.5 公里/小时（2.2 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts at night, when it is cooler, and eats insects up to its own body size.1

Flat rock scorpion的照片 — Flat rock scorpion。照片：Robert Taylor。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Flattened body, which helps it move in narrow rock cracks1
Black carapace (shield on the front of the body), pedipalps and tail1
Pale to yellow legs and pincers (chelae)1
Small tail and stinger compared with other scorpions of similar size1
Very reclusive, so it is usually unseen unless its hiding place is disturbed1

常被误认为： It may be confused with Hadogenes bicolor.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 mild. Laboratory LD50 figures between 1800 and 2667 mg/kg are high, which points to low toxicity. The sting causes pain that lasts only several minutes.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Its sting is mild, and the pain lasts only several minutes.1

它害怕时会做什么？

It will usually try to flee before fighting, and it stings only as a last defence.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 6 块玩具积木排成一排一样长100 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Flat rock 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)

Flat rock scorpion 约 3.5 公里/小时 (2.2 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is highly territorial. When kept close together in captivity, individuals will fight to the death, and it shows cannibalism.1

Venom analysis has found 121 novel venom peptides, which may be medically valuable for ion channel-associated diseases and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens.1

It was once regarded as the scorpion with the longest recorded body length, reaching up to 20 cm. Heterometrus swammerdami now holds the record at 23 cm.1

It can dig quickly, clearing soil and gravel from under a stone ledge to make a new den. It uses its tail to sweep the dirt away.1

Its flattened body lets it move into the small cracks and crevices of rocky outcrops.1