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

怎麼認出牠
- 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
毒液力量
咬的時候,毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。
牠的毒液有什麼作用?
The bite can cause swelling. In one recorded case it caused severe pain and vomiting.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。When threatened, it can inflict a painful bite.1
牠害怕時會做什麼?
When threatened, it uses its forcipules to bite.1
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
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 180 秒內跑完 100 公尺(最快的人類需要 9.6 秒)Hura 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?
小知識
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
知識的出處
- Cormocephalus rubriceps (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cormocephalus rubriceps (iNaturalist): 名稱和分類。
- 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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咬

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