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Amazonian giant green-horned centipede

Scolopendra viridicornis

名字的由来： It is known as the Brazilian giant centipede because of where it is found.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

蜈蚣

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The Amazonian giant green-horned centipede is a large, fast hunting centipede that lives in the Amazon rainforest. It is a predator that uses venom to subdue its prey, and it is known in parts of Brazil for its use in folk medicine.1

生活在

Amazon rainforest, Brazil (the type locality is in Brazil)1

南美洲

长度

22 cm (8.7 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 2.1 公里/小时（1.3 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts actively and seizes prey small enough to overpower, including arthropods and small vertebrates such as rodents, frogs, snakes and lizards. It holds prey with its muscular body and many legs, then delivers a venomous bite. It will also scavenge when food is available.1

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede的照片 — Amazonian giant green-horned centipede。照片：Christopher Borges。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Large, muscular body with numerous legs1
Raised terminal (rear) legs, which it uses to grip an attacker1
Quick to run when disturbed1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed by a predator, it runs away quickly. If pursued, it raises its terminal legs to draw an attack to its hind end, then grips the attacker, spins round and bites before fleeing.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，冷敷或泡温水止痛，如果变严重就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 7 块玩具积木排成一排一样长170 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Amazonian giant green-horned centipede 约 2.1 公里/小时 (1.3 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Despite its size, it can eat small vertebrates such as rodents, frogs, snakes and lizards.1

When a predator touches its raised rear legs, it grips the attacker and spins round to bite.1

A peptide called lacrain, found in its body, has strong effects against Gram-negative bacteria. It is the first peptide with antimicrobial activity described from a myriapod's body extract.1

Lacrain shows little toxicity to human red blood cells, which makes it promising for future uses.1

In northeast Brazil, it is used in regional folk medicine as a painkiller (analgesic).1