Hura centipede
The hura, also called the giant centipede, is a centipede found in Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand it can grow to over 20 centimetres, which makes it one of the largest centipedes there. It hunts small animals and can give a painful bite when threatened.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- The head and first body plate are reddish-brown, and the other body plates are olive-brown.1
- It has large black forcipules, which are fang-like claws near the head.1
- Its legs are yellowish at the base and turn green towards the tip.1
- The last pair of legs has light blue tips.1
- In New Zealand it can exceed 20 cm long, but in Australia it usually reaches only about 3.9 cm.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
The bite can cause swelling. In one recorded case it caused severe pain and vomiting.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.When threatened, it can inflict a painful bite.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
When threatened, it uses its forcipules to bite.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo, uyipholise okanye uyifake emanzini afudumeleyo ngenxa yeentlungu, kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango ukuba iya isiba mbi ngakumbi.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-6 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-180 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Hura centipede mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
In a study on the Three Kings Islands, researchers reportedly had to wrap their sleeping bags in tinfoil to warn them of the centipedes nearby.1
In New Zealand, introduced rats and European hedgehogs eat hura, so the centipedes are most common on islands without these pests.1
North Island brown kiwi are known to prey on hura.1
Its blood-like fluid, called haemolymph, has a high concentration of protein and is thought to be typical of more primitive arthropods.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Cormocephalus rubriceps (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cormocephalus rubriceps (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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