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Hey guys,
I've been considering another scorpion purchase lately, (T. stigmurus) and so have been researching the toxicity of my potential purchase. In the process I found several interesting studies on Tityus venom and decided to share them here. Particularly useful, I thought, is one article (first in the list below) which studies the effects of T. stigmurus venom on children, using a sample size of 1,618 child envenomations. Here are the links:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0037-86822013000400484&script=sci_arttext
http://www.rbcf.usp.br/Edicoes/Volumes/V37N1/PDF/v37n1p39-44.pdf
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/362
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/jvatitd/v17n3/13.pdf
Also, I'm trying to determine what to expect from a sting by T. stigmurus. My general rule is that I only purchase inverts I am confident I could survive, should the worst happen. I am fine with pain-and-agony-inducing stings (for reference, I already have Hottentotta caboverdensis, and I'm not worried about that scorp). I am not fine with something that would truly be life-threatening to me and/ or my wife. I have read that its LD50 is 0.773 mg/kg, and that it is less dangerous than T. serrulatus. However, I've found LD50's for T. serrulatus quoted as 1.062 mg/kg, and also 0.43 - 1.00 mg/kg ...thus I am not sure if T. stigmurus is more toxic or less toxic than T. serrulatus, which I have heard characterized as quite dangerous. Forum-searching on AB has resulted in this thread: ( http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?171422-T.-stigmurus-escape&highlight=stigmurus+venom ) which quips that a sting from T. stig isn't life-threatening.
Can anyone clarify for me what is to be expected from this scorpion's sting? I want to make a responsible decision. Thanks!
I've been considering another scorpion purchase lately, (T. stigmurus) and so have been researching the toxicity of my potential purchase. In the process I found several interesting studies on Tityus venom and decided to share them here. Particularly useful, I thought, is one article (first in the list below) which studies the effects of T. stigmurus venom on children, using a sample size of 1,618 child envenomations. Here are the links:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0037-86822013000400484&script=sci_arttext
http://www.rbcf.usp.br/Edicoes/Volumes/V37N1/PDF/v37n1p39-44.pdf
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/362
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/jvatitd/v17n3/13.pdf
Also, I'm trying to determine what to expect from a sting by T. stigmurus. My general rule is that I only purchase inverts I am confident I could survive, should the worst happen. I am fine with pain-and-agony-inducing stings (for reference, I already have Hottentotta caboverdensis, and I'm not worried about that scorp). I am not fine with something that would truly be life-threatening to me and/ or my wife. I have read that its LD50 is 0.773 mg/kg, and that it is less dangerous than T. serrulatus. However, I've found LD50's for T. serrulatus quoted as 1.062 mg/kg, and also 0.43 - 1.00 mg/kg ...thus I am not sure if T. stigmurus is more toxic or less toxic than T. serrulatus, which I have heard characterized as quite dangerous. Forum-searching on AB has resulted in this thread: ( http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?171422-T.-stigmurus-escape&highlight=stigmurus+venom ) which quips that a sting from T. stig isn't life-threatening.
Can anyone clarify for me what is to be expected from this scorpion's sting? I want to make a responsible decision. Thanks!