Most "deadly" scorpion

a death stalker pacts the most venom but the yellow fat tail kills the most humans because they come into to contact with people more often

 

If I recall correctly, Odontobuthus doriae has the highest (or lowest, whatever.) LD50 with 0.19 mg.kg.
In lamens terms, the most potent venom.

 

The lethal dose for the Deathstalker Scorpion is 0.16 mg/kg

 

LD50 values greatly differ, especialy in the way the venom is injected, and the size of the victim.
What are your scources?

 

http://www.centralpets.com/animals/insects/scorpions/scp6070.html

also am i in no way trying to prove you wrong im just simply stating info that i have found

 

You must take into consideration that there are several LD50 values for that species, and that happens to be the lowest value, bot neccessarily the average. Even so, it is one of the most toxic species.

 

Leiurus is supposedly the most toxic.
But it doesn't matter.

Any scorpion with highly potent venom can be dangerous, and it's not always the same amount of venom injected, and where it stings on the body has a lot to do with the complications as well.

Someone might do better getting stung by a deathstalker in one way then getting stung by a Centruroides Noxius in another way.

If the scorpion is hot, take care, doesn't matter who's hotter.

Also, the LD tests have nothing to do with humans.

 

if the LD test did have to do with humans then they would have to kill humans and thats kind of illegal but they do test it on a wide variety of animals

 

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Killing people is kind of frowned on here too!!!! Unless you throw a Scorp at them then its alright.

 

I would say Hemiscorpius lepturus, because it can cause serious wounds and inflammations!

 

even leiurus (the supposedly most potent scorpion, certainly the highest LD50 value) stings can be very dangerous but according to medical literature from their native region, only 10% of stings even require medical treatment or have serious systemic effects. i'm not saying they dont command a great deal of respect at all. but even though the toxicity of the venom is much stronger than that of most any snake venom, most scorpions cant inject a heck of a lot comparatively. i would like my chances of getting stung by a scorpion a lot better than i would getting bit by a snake.


John

 

here is an exceptional link for scorpion toxicology reference as well as other venomous animals lots of useful data to be had:

http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.scorpions.search

 

HANDLE ALL OF THEM ITS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW!!!

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having held both of the "deadliest" species (and from stories from people who were stationed in the Middle East) it is easily, in my book, A. australis. LQ may have more venom, but A. a.'s have tendency to run into humans more for whatever reason.

 

but to be sure wouldnt you have to be stung by both?

 

Hemiscorpius lepturus has the highest mortality rate associated with it.