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Amazonian giant green-horned centipede

Scolopendra viridicornis
Kuhusu jina: It is known as the Brazilian giant centipede because of where it is found.1
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Tandu KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

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

Anaishi
Amazon rainforest, Brazil (the type locality is in Brazil)1
Amerika Kusini
Urefu
22 cm (8.7 in)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 2.1 kwa saa (maili 1.3 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
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
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Amazonian giant green-horned centipede
Amazonian giant green-horned centipede. Picha: Christopher Borges. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

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

Akiuma

  • Osha jeraha, lipoze au liloweke kwenye maji ya uvuguvugu kupunguza maumivu, na utafute msaada wa kitabibu likizidi.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede urefu wa takriban 22 cm (8.7 in)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 7 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 170 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Scolopendra viridicornis
Kundi
Tandu
Familia
Scolopendridae2
Mpangilio
Scolopendromorpha
Mabara
Amerika Kusini
Hatari kwa watu
3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Scolopendra viridicornis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra viridicornis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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