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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans

Tentang nama: The genus name Scolopendra comes from a Greek term meaning 'biting earthworms', and morsitans is Latin for 'that bites'.1

Sakit sahajaIa sakit, tetapi tidak akan mencederakan kamu dengan serius.

Lipan

GigitanMakan: Daging

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

The Tanzanian blue ringleg is a centipede with a bright red head, though its colour varies from place to place. It lives in warm places across many parts of the world, including much of Australia, Africa, Asia and the Americas. It is a fast-hunting nocturnal predator, and its bite can be painful.1

Hidup di

Native to much of Australia, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar and Sri Lanka; introduced to the Americas1

Afrika, Asia, Australia & Oceania

Laman utama

It prefers warm environments and needs enough air humidity to survive. It shelters under leaves, bark, logs and other ground debris, and is often found in inhabited areas. Its preference for conditions similar to those on ships has been suggested as a reason for its spread.1

Panjang

13 cm (5 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 1.5 km/j (0.93 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

It is an aggressive and opportunistic predator that hunts mainly at night. It eats other arthropods and some small vertebrates, using its strong jaws and venom to capture, incapacitate and digest its prey.1

Gambar Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede — Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede. Gambar: Jackson Nugent. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Adults are generally characterised by a bright red head and a brownish body.1
Adults have distinct striations, or lines, between each body segment.1
Juveniles lack clear stripes and often have a head that is a similar colour to their body.1
Adults grow to around 13 cm, though colour varies widely between populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1
In the field, the species can sometimes be told apart from other Scolopendras by its relatively thick rear legs, called ultimate legs.1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: It is often confused with the giant red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros), the Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspines) and the Tanzanian blue ring centipede (Ethmostigmus trignopdus), which have similar-sounding common names. Thick rear legs can help separate it from other Scolopendras.1

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

Its venom is neurotoxic, meaning it attacks the nerves, and it rapidly paralyses and kills prey. The venom contains serotonin, which causes a pain response, along with proteins and enzymes. In humans, bites can cause redness, swelling and, in some cases, severe pain.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

Bites in humans cause redness, swelling and sometimes severe pain. Robust case studies of this species are limited, so its effects on people are not well documented.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

When approached from behind, it raises its ultimate legs aggressively, which may confuse predators by disguising its vulnerable flanks as its fang-bearing head.1

Jika ia menggigit

Basuh tempat gigitan, sejukkan atau rendam dalam air suam untuk menghilangkan sakit, dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan jika ia bertambah teruk.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

sepanjang 4 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 240 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Kura-kura darat kira-kira 0.3 km/j (0.19 mph)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede kira-kira 1.5 km/j (0.93 mph)

Orang berjalan kira-kira 5 km/j (3.1 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Centipedes are the only known animals whose venom partly comes from genes transferred horizontally from several other groups of organisms.1

Enzymes in its venom let it digest prey outside its body, sucking out the broken-down contents through the prey's exoskeleton.1

The venom of this species contained the first active enzymes ever found in any centipede venom, discovered at Ain Shams University in 1983.1

It is kept as a pet and traded internationally, with prices averaging around US$35 online.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: The species can be identified by its colour alone.

Hakikat: Colour varies widely across regional populations, so colour alone can be misleading.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Scolopendra morsitans
Kumpulan: Lipan
Keluarga: Scolopendridae2
Susunan: Scolopendromorpha
Benua-benua: Afrika, Asia, Australia & Oceania
Anak: The female builds a brood chamber under the ground and lays 22 to 86 eggs, coiling around them and her young to guard them.1
Jangka hayat: kira-kira 4 tahun1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 2 / 5: Menyakitkan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Scolopendra morsitans (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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