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Turkish deathstalker

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

The Turkish deathstalker is a scorpion from the family Buthidae. Its venom is highly toxic to humans, but scientists also use scorpion venom in medical research. It lives in dry, rocky places and usually keeps away from people.1

Ihlala
Turkey, in dry, semi-arid regions1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives in rocky areas with short, scattered plants, in semi-arid regions with dry, chalky (calcareous) soils. It tends to keep away from human settlements.1
Ubude
9 cm (3.5 in)3
usayizi ojwayelekile womuntu omdala wesilwane
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 1.8 km/h (1.1 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Scorpions eat beetles, grasshoppers, locusts, centipedes, spiders and ants, and can eat small snakes, lizards or rodents if they can hold on long enough. They catch or crush their prey and inject venom to kill it. They are nocturnal and can go weeks or months between meals.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Turkish deathstalker
Turkish deathstalker. Isithombe: Dalik Klavalav. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Brown front body section (cephalothorax), with a yellow head, legs and tail.1
  • The very last segment of the tail is brown instead of yellow.1
  • Its pincers and other body parts are yellowish, against a mostly black background on the front body and tail.1

Ivamise ukudidaniswa ne: It was once considered the same species as the deathstalker (L. quinquestriatus), but was reclassified as a separate species in 2009 based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Its tail segments are shorter than those of the deathstalker.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuhlaba

Ubuthi buphuma ngodosi.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its venom comes from two venom glands and is mainly made of proteins. It stimulates voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels, which control the electrical signals in nerves and muscles. Symptoms can be severe: after a sting, pain can come in waves with seizures, and blisters can form at the site of the sting.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kuyingozi kakhuluSingabulala umuntu ongatholi kwelashwa.

Only a small portion of scorpions are harmful to humans, but this species' venom is very toxic and can cause severe symptoms from a single sting. The sting is much worse in children, and it may pose a serious health threat to infants because of their small body weight.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

Its venom is used for self-defence as well as for hunting.1

Uma sihlaba

  • Anyone who has been stung should have an early echocardiogram, which is a heart ultrasound, because the venom can affect the heart. In the case described, the patient was given sodium chloride (saline) and a local painkiller at hospital.1
  • 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?

Turkish deathstalker ubude obucishe bube ngu-9 cm (3.5 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-200 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Turkish deathstalker mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

In one recorded case, a sting on the thumb of a 30-year-old man caused pain, reddening, seizures and blisters, and he was unable to move his arm up for a time.1

2

When a male wants to mate, he injects a small dose of venom into the female to calm her before they move together in a dance-like pattern.1

3

In tests on rats, the venom of this species had a greater effect than the venom of the Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda).1

4

Its venom is studied for treating nervous, immune, infection, cardiovascular and cancer (neoplastic) diseases.1

5

Birds, bats and mice prey on scorpions, which is why they are more active on moonless nights.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Leiurus abdullahbayrami
Iqembu
Amafezela
Umndeni
Buthidae2
Ukuhleleka
Scorpiones
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Izinsana
The young, called scorplings, are born alive after 122 to 277 days, and a mother can give birth to 35 to 87 of them.1
Ingozi ebantwini
4 / 5: Kuyingozi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Leiurus abdullahbayrami (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
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