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Chinese red-headed centipede

Scolopendra subspinipes

需要看醫生很少致命，但被咬了需要看醫生。

咬吃：肉

The Chinese red-headed centipede is one of the largest centipedes in the world. It lives across much of southeastern Asia and on many islands and continents, often through human introduction. It is an active hunter with a venomous bite, so it is best seen from a safe distance.1

分布在

Southeastern Asia, tropical and subtropical Asia, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean, and possibly parts of the southern United States1

亞洲

長度

20 cm (7,9 in)1

最高速度

大約 1,9 km/h（1,2 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It hunts mainly spiders, scorpions and vinegaroons, and can overpower small animals such as mice and small reptiles. It seizes prey with its front legs and injects venom with its toxicognaths, holding the prey with its other legs until it is subdued.1

Chinese red-headed centipede 的照片 — Chinese red-headed centipede。照片：Alie / C.A. Kratzer。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Body is usually red or reddish brown1
Legs are yellow or yellow-orange1
Has 22 body segments, each with one pair of legs1
Head has a flat shield and a pair of antennae1
Has a pair of modified front legs called forcipules, or toxicognaths, with sharp claws that connect to venom glands1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠的毒液有什麼作用？

Its venom normally causes extreme pain, among other symptoms. A fatal case was reported in the Philippines, where a 7-year-old girl was bitten on the head and died 29 hours later.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 嚴重被咬了需要看醫生。死亡案例非常罕見。

Its bite causes extreme pain, and a child has died after being bitten in the Philippines. Bites per year and other risk details are not recorded.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

It is aggressive and nervous, ready to strike if disturbed, and when defending itself it coils its whole body around the attacker while using its toxicognaths.1

如果牠咬人

清洗咬傷處，冷敷或泡在溫水裡止痛，如果情況變糟，要就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 6 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 190 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Chinese red-headed centipede 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Chinese red-headed centipede 大約 1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

It is among the largest centipedes in the world, with a normal maximum length of 20 cm.1

The centipede was a traditional food source for Aboriginal Australians.1

Adults molt once every year and may live for 10 years or more.1

It is a popular pet among arthropod hobbyists.1

Young centipedes molt once a year and take 3 to 4 years to reach full adult size.1

給毒液專家

學名: Scolopendra subspinipes
類群: 蜈蚣
家人: Scolopendridae2
排序: Scolopendromorpha
各大洲: 亞洲
寶寶: The female lays 50 to 80 eggs in a dark, protected place, guards them until they hatch, and wraps around her young if danger is detected.1
壽命: 大約 10 年1
對人的危險: 3 / 5: 嚴重3