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Gadim scorpion

Hemiscorpius lepturus

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

The Gadim scorpion is a yellow-brown scorpion with a long, thin tail that lives in the deserts of the Middle East. Its venom is highly dangerous, and it causes most deaths from scorpion stings in the Iran area. It is one of the few scorpions outside the Buthidae family that can potentially kill people.1

生活在

Middle East: southern Iraq and Iran, also Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates1

亚洲

首页

It lives in warm, humid desert areas, in tight rock crevices and cracks. It is most common in southern Iraq and Iran, where most scorpion-sting deaths occur.1

长度

5.5 cm到8 cm (2.2 in到3.1 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 waits in rock cracks and ambushes prey such as spiders and other insects. After catching prey, it secretes enzymes that dissolve the prey until it is liquid enough to eat.1

Gadim scorpion的照片 — Gadim scorpion。照片：Kian。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Yellow-brown colour1
Flat, broad body1
Long, thin tail that curves upward, with five tail segments1
Males grow to about 8 cm and females to about 5.5 cm1
Males have longer tails than females1

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 is cytotoxic and hemolytic, meaning it destroys living cells, especially blood cells. A sting can cause serious wounds, skin inflammation, internal bleeding, kidney failure, and blisters or ulcers. General symptoms include dry mouth, thirst, dizziness, confusion, nausea, fever, vomiting and convulsions, which gradually get worse and are especially dangerous for children.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。

Its venom is highly dangerous and is responsible for most deaths from scorpion stings in the Iran area. It is the only scorpion outside the Buthidae family that is potentially lethal to humans. Children are especially at risk.1

好消息：医生有药（抗毒血清）或治疗方法。1

如果它蜇人

The only available treatment for the venom is a polyvalent antivenom, given by injection. Medical care should be sought promptly after a sting.1
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 2.5 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）

Gadim 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)

Gadim 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

It is the only scorpion outside the Buthidae family that is potentially lethal to humans.1

Its venom has shown inhibitory effects on HIV-1 in recent studies, but more research is needed before it could be a treatment.1

It digests its prey outside its body by using enzymes until the prey is liquid.1

After shedding its skin, it is soft and pale for two to three days and cannot sting prey.1

Some mother scorpions die during delivery, which can take up to six hours.1

给毒液专家

学名: Hemiscorpius lepturus
类别: 蝎子
家人: Hemiscorpiidae2
排序: Scorpiones
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: It gives birth to live young, averaging about 24 per delivery. The young ride on the mother's back until they are mature enough to leave.1
对人的危险: 4 / 5: 非常危险3