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Amazonian giant green-horned centipede

Scolopendra viridicornis
Davart il num: It is known as the Brazilian giant centipede because of where it is found.1
Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Tschientpeis MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The Amazonian giant green-horned centipede is a large, fast hunting centipede that lives in the Amazon rainforest. It is a predator that uses venom to subdue its prey, and it is known in parts of Brazil for its use in folk medicine.1

Viva en
Amazon rainforest, Brazil (the type locality is in Brazil)1
America dal Sid
Lunghezza
22 cm (8,7 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 2,1 km/h (1,3 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts actively and seizes prey small enough to overpower, including arthropods and small vertebrates such as rodents, frogs, snakes and lizards. It holds prey with its muscular body and many legs, then delivers a venomous bite. It will also scavenge when food is available.1
Propi!Foto da Amazonian giant green-horned centipede
Amazonian giant green-horned centipede. Foto: Christopher Borges. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Large, muscular body with numerous legs1
  • Raised terminal (rear) legs, which it uses to grip an attacker1
  • Quick to run when disturbed1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When disturbed by a predator, it runs away quickly. If pursued, it raises its terminal legs to draw an attack to its hind end, then grips the attacker, spins round and bites before fleeing.1

Sch'el morda

  • Lava la morsa, sfradenta ella u metta ella en aua tievja cunter las dolurs, e tschertga agid medicinal, sch'i vegn mender.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede circa 22 cm lung (8,7 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 7 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 170 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Amazonian giant green-horned centipede cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Despite its size, it can eat small vertebrates such as rodents, frogs, snakes and lizards.1

2

When a predator touches its raised rear legs, it grips the attacker and spins round to bite.1

3

A peptide called lacrain, found in its body, has strong effects against Gram-negative bacteria. It is the first peptide with antimicrobial activity described from a myriapod's body extract.1

4

Lacrain shows little toxicity to human red blood cells, which makes it promising for future uses.1

5

In northeast Brazil, it is used in regional folk medicine as a painkiller (analgesic).1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Scolopendra viridicornis
Gruppa
Tschientpeis
Famiglia
Scolopendridae2
Urden
Scolopendromorpha
Continents
America dal Sid
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Scolopendra viridicornis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra viridicornis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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