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Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede

Scolopendra morsitans

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

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Strige

UgriziJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

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

Živi v

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

Afrika, Azija, Avstralija in Oceanija

Domov

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

Dolžina

13 cm (5 in)1

Največja hitrost

približno 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

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

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

Kako jo prepoznaš

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

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: 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

Moč strupa

Ugrizi

Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

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

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

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

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

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

Če ugrizne

Ugriz umij, ga ohladi ali proti bolečini namakaj v topli vodi in poišči zdravniško pomoč, če se poslabša.

Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči

Ostani varen

Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.

Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti

Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

dolga kot 4 kock za igranje v vrstizmore 100 metrov v 240 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)

Kakšne velikosti je Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Tanzanian blue ringleg centipede približno 1,5 km/h (0,93 mph)

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

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

Razbijalec mitov

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

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

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Scolopendra morsitans
Skupina: Strige
Družina: Scolopendridae2
Red: Scolopendromorpha
Celine: Afrika, Azija, Avstralija in Oceanija
Mladiči: 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
Življenjska doba: približno 4 let1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Scolopendra morsitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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