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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion

Androctonus crassicauda
KungabulalaKungakubulala uma ungelashwa. Uma sikuhlaba, thola usizo ngokushesha.
Amafezela UkuhlabaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

The Arabian fat-tailed scorpion is a venomous scorpion that can sting with very strong venom. It lives mainly in North Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia, and it is one of the most feared scorpions in its range.1

Ihlala
North Africa and the Middle East; found mainly in Turkey, Iran and other south-western Asian nations1
I-Asia, I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives in the ruins of old, neglected buildings and in the edges of deserts in arid and semi-arid places. It also hides in piles of plant debris that have built up over time. In the Persian Gulf conflict it was considered a possible hazard for troops.1
Ubude
10 cm (3.9 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts at night, catching insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Arabian fat-tailed scorpion
Arabian fat-tailed scorpion. Isithombe: Ryan van Huyssteen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Adults range in colour from light brown to reddish, blackish-brown or black.1
  • Adults can grow to over 10 cm long.1
  • It is nocturnal, hiding in crevices and under objects during the day.1
  • At night it hunts insects, other invertebrates and small lizards.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom is mainly made of neurotoxins, which attack the nerves, and cardiotoxins, which damage the heart. It may also contain myotoxins, which damage muscle. Local effects include intense pain, redness and swelling. Wider effects can include heart problems, internal bleeding, visual disturbance and breathing problems.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

It is extremely dangerous and its venom is considered among the most potent of any scorpion. Its sting is known to cause human death, mostly through breathing failure, heart failure or shock.1

Izindaba ezinhle: odokotela banomuthi (i-antivenom) noma indlela yokwelapha lokhu.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Pholisa indawo ehlatshiwe ngephakethe leqhwa futhi ugcine umuntu engashukumi. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni: amanye amafezela ayabulala ezinganeni.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuhlaba: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion ubude obucishe bube ngu-10 cm (3.9 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-3 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-180 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Its venom is considered among the most potent of all scorpion venoms.1

2

Antivenom made from this species has been used in Turkey to treat all scorpion stings since 1942.1

3

An Iraqi thrash metal band, Acrassicauda, takes its name from this scorpion.1

4

It was considered a possible hazard for troops during the Persian Gulf conflict, yet it is described as unaggressive and no stings were reported.1

5

It hunts at night and sometimes eats small lizards as well as insects.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Androctonus crassicauda
Iqembu
Amafezela
Umndeni
Buthidae2
Ukuhleleka
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
I-Asia, I-Afrika
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Androctonus crassicauda (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Androctonus crassicauda (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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