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  • Parabuthus transvaalicus (common names include black spitting thicktail scorpion, South African fattail scorpion, South African giant fat tail and South African spitting scorpion) is one of the largest scorpions in the family Buthidae. It is one of the most venomous scorpions on the African continent and is therefore dangerous to humans. The spitting scorpion has relatively small pincers, instead, using its ability to spray venom over 1 metre as its main defence. This species of scorpion grows to a length of 12 cm (5 inches) and they are commonly seen in black and brown or chocolate-brown. This species is a desert/scrubland scorpion and is found in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique under logs and stones.
  • ounce for ounce it is the yellow fat tailed scorpion most commen to the sahara north africa
  • The worlds most dangerous scorpion is not a fat tailed scorpion,but a thin tailed scorpion called the Deathstalker scorpion of north africa and the middle east.It had venom measured in comparison to the other arachnids venom yeild and has proved to be far more toxic to humans and other animals like dogs,much more than the Wandering spider, the male sydneyfunnelweb spider,red back spider,black widow,saharan smooth tailed scorpion and the mexican whip scorpion put together!A really terrible sting is on a par with the pain of a irkandju jellyfish and a eastern brown snake put together!!!

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