There are many poisonous creatures in the world, the most well-known is the poisonous snake, and arthropods like scorpions receive less attention. But there are many species in the scorpion that must not be ignored, and when it comes to lethality, they are even more terrifying than many poisonous snakes. For example, the Israeli golden scorpion, the North African black fat tail scorpion, the yellow fat tail scorpion, and the Turkish black fat tail scorpion.
Number one: The Israeli Golden Scorpion
The Israeli golden scorpion is the most poisonous being in the scorpion family, and even if the scope is expanded to all species, they can rank fifth in toxicity. Like the rattlesnake or most cobras, they are not rivals to the Israeli golden scorpion when it comes to virulence.
The Israeli golden scorpion is very small, only about 6 centimeters in length when adults, and the larger individuals can grow up to 8 centimeters. Despite its limited size, the Israeli golden scorpion is very poisonous. Their venom is a mixture of a variety of neurotoxins, so even if the dose of venom is small, it has the ability to kill people, so the Israeli golden scorpion has the reputation of "Israeli killer scorpion".
However, despite the horrors of the Israeli golden scorpion, its population is constantly decreasing, and even now it is rare to find them. Because the toxin of the Israeli golden scorpion has a very good effect on the treatment of brain tumors, humans have carried out a large number of hunting and killing of the Israeli golden scorpion.
Second place: North African black fat-tailed scorpion
From a lethal point of view, the North African black fat tail scorpion is actually more terrifying than the Israeli golden scorpion, because the North African black fat tail scorpion has a larger amount of venom. Although the North African black fat-tailed scorpion is about the same size as the Israeli golden scorpion (generally 6 to 9 cm long), its tail is thicker and the amount of venom it can generate and store is almost twice that of the Israeli golden scorpion.
Like the Israeli golden scorpion, the venom attribute of the North African black fat-tailed scorpion is also a neurotoxin. However, the neurotoxin of the North African black fat-tailed scorpion is a single, severe neurotoxin, which is weaker than the mixed neurotoxin of the Israeli golden scorpion.
North African black fat tail scorpion mainly lives in Morocco, Mauritania and other regions, because their venom is also a very precious medicinal material, so many local people will raise North African black fat tail scorpion to sell.
Third place: Yellow fat tail scorpion
Compared to the black fat tail scorpion, the yellow fat tail scorpion is less toxic, but they also have the largest venom reserve in the scorpion family like the black fat tail scorpion. In terms of body size, the yellow fat tail scorpion is larger than the black fat tail scorpion, and their average length can reach about 9 cm, and the longest recorded is 12 cm.
In addition, the yellow fat tail scorpion is also more adaptable to the environment, and in the long-term evolutionary process, they have even produced five different subspecies, namely the Libyan yellow fat tail scorpion, the Garthon yellow fat tail scorpion, the African yellow fat tail scorpion, the South Egyptian yellow fat tail scorpion, and the Hector yellow fat tail scorpion. These five species of yellow fat-tailed scorpions are very toxic and are all deadly to humans.
Fourth place: Turkish black fat-tailed scorpion
When it comes to the toxicity of the unit venom, the Turkish black fat tail scorpion is below the North African black fat tail scorpion and the yellow fat tail scorpion, but the Turkish black fat tail scorpion is larger, and their average body length can reach 10 cm, and the highest record is 12 cm like the yellow fat tail scorpion.
There are two colors of Turkish black fat-tailed scorpions, one is pure black and the other is reddish brown, and they usually live mainly in desert areas. Countries like Arabia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Iran and other countries have traces of Turkish black fat-tailed scorpion activities.
Compared with the above three poisonous scorpions, the Turkish black fat-tailed scorpion is more aggressive, so it has caused the most injuries in history.
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