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Peruvian giant centipede

Scolopendra gigantea
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 Peruvian giant centipede is the largest centipede species in the world, growing longer than 30 centimetres. It lives in northern South America and on several Caribbean islands, mostly in rainforests and dry forests. It hunts a wide range of animals, from insects to bats, and its venom is strong enough to stop small mammals.1

Viva en
Northern South America, with verified records from Aruba, Brazil, Curaçao, Colombia, Venezuela (including Margarita Island) and Trinidad1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives in tropical or sub-tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest, hiding in dark, damp places such as leaf litter, under rocks and logs, and under tree bark. Near human buildings, it often hides in trash piles, rubble, plant pots, crawl spaces under buildings, under old floor and ceiling boards, and in cracks in wooden, concrete and brick walls.1
Lunghezza
30 cm (1 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 2,5 km/h (1,6 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats any animal it can overpower and kill, including large insects, worms, snails, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, tarantulas, small lizards, frogs, snakes, sparrow-sized birds, mice and bats. Large individuals climb cave ceilings and use a few legs to hold on while they handle heavier prey, such as bats.1
Propi!Foto da Peruvian giant centipede
Peruvian giant centipede. Foto: Katka Nemčoková. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimetres.1
  • Specimens may have 21 or 23 body segments.1
  • Its common name refers to yellow legs.1
  • It climbs readily and can rest in hiding spaces under tree bark.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

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

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is strong enough to immobilise small mammals it hunts, such as bats and mice. The venom is produced in a modified pair of legs placed under the head.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

At least one human death has been linked to its venom. In 2014, a four-year-old child in Venezuela died after being bitten by a giant centipede hidden inside an open soda can. Researchers at Universidad de Oriente later confirmed the animal was this species.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

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Peruvian giant centipede circa 30 cm lung (1 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 9 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 140 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Peruvian giant centipede cumpareglià cun TAI?

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

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Large individuals have a clever way of catching bats: they climb cave ceilings and hold their heavier prey with only a few legs attached to the ceiling.1

2

It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimetres.1

3

It can overpower animals as large as tarantulas, and it can also kill snakes up to 25 centimetres long.1

4

Its venom comes from a modified pair of legs placed just underneath its head.1

5

It climbs readily and will use hiding spaces under tree bark.1

6

Its natural predators include large birds, spiders, and mammals that hunt arthropods, such as the coati, kinkajou and opossum.1

Per experts da tissi

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

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Scolopendra gigantea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra gigantea (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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