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Giant desert centipede

Scolopendra heros
只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。
蜈蚣 咬吃：肉
對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The giant desert centipede is the largest centipede in North America. It lives in dry deserts and rocky woodlands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and its bite is very painful.1

分布在
Southwestern United States (from New Mexico and Arizona east to Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana) and northern Mexico1
北美洲
首頁
Found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts and other dry and semi-arid places, as well as rocky woodland, such as in Arkansas. It stays underground on warm days and comes out in cloudy weather.1
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 at night for invertebrates and small vertebrates, including rodents, reptiles and amphibians. It can reach into the air to grab small flying insects, and uses its venom to subdue prey.1
是真的！Giant desert centipede 的照片
Giant desert centipede。照片：gilaman。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

  • The largest centipede in North America1
  • Average length about 17 cm (6.5 in), and up to 20 cm (8 in) in the wild1
  • Has 21 or 23 pairs of legs1
  • The Texas and Arkansas form has a red head and a greenish black body and tail1
  • Several colour variants are known1

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 is similar to that of other Scolopendra centipedes. It acts as a cytolysin, which damages cell membranes and ruptures cells, and it contains heart-affecting (cardiotoxic) proteins. The exact effects of the venom have not been fully studied, because it is hard to collect in useful amounts and breaks down quickly once processed.1

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

Bites cause sharp, searing pain and swelling in people, and there have never been any confirmed deaths from this species. Occasional symptoms include nausea, headache and localised skin death (necrosis). Severe cases, including kidney failure from muscle breakdown and heart attack, have been reported from Scolopendra bites in general.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

Its bright warning colours are a signal to predators to leave it alone.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？

Giant desert centipede 大約 20 cm 長 (7,9 in)一根香蕉 大約 18 cm (7,1 in)一隻家貓 大約 50 cm (1,6 ft)
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）

Giant desert 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？

值得知道

小知識

1

It can grab small flying insects out of the air.1

2

It is the largest centipede found in North America.1

3

Its colours change between variants, and the red-headed form found in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas is especially well known.1

4

It is a slow-growing species that can live for more than a decade.1

5

It grows slowly, and it keeps the same number of body segments for its whole life.1

破解迷思

迷思： A bite from this centipede is deadly.

真相： No deaths from its bites have been confirmed. For people, the bite usually causes sharp pain and swelling in the area bitten.1

給毒液專家

學名
Scolopendra heros
類群
蜈蚣
家人
Scolopendridae2
排序
Scolopendromorpha
各大洲
北美洲
寶寶
It hatches from eggs.1
對人的危險
2 / 5: 疼痛3

知識的出處

  1. Scolopendra heros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra heros (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
  3. Venom Wiki: 危險等級、一般大小和速度估計都是我們自己定的。看看我們是怎麼算出來的： 我們怎麼評估危險.

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