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Peruvian giant centipede

Scolopendra gigantea
Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kuumwa kunahitaji daktari.
Tandu KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKuumwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

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

Anaishi
Northern South America, with verified records from Aruba, Brazil, Curaçao, Colombia, Venezuela (including Margarita Island) and Trinidad1
Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
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
Urefu
30 cm (1 ft)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 2.5 kwa saa (maili 1.6 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
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
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Peruvian giant centipede
Peruvian giant centipede. Picha: Katka Nemčoková. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • 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

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

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

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

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

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

Wapi duniani?

AfrikaAsiaUlayaAmerika KaskaziniAmerika KusiniAustralia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Peruvian giant centipede urefu wa takriban 30 cm (1 ft)Ndizi takriban 18 cm (7.1 in)Paka wa nyumbani takriban 50 cm (1.6 ft)
urefu sawa na matofali 9 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 140 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Peruvian giant 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

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

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

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

Ukweli unatoka wapi

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