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Giant Amazonian ant

Dinoponera gigantea

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜇伤吃：什么都来一点

The giant Amazonian ant is one of the largest ant species in the world. It lives underground in the lowland rainforests of South America, where its nests can have several entrances. Its size makes it easy to spot among other ants.1

生活在

South America: Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Ceará, Maranhão and others) and Loreto, Peru. Probably also nearby areas such as French Guiana.1

南美洲

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It lives in lowland rainforest, especially in forests that do not flood. Its colonies build underground nests with up to eight entrances. Unlike many ants, it does not build a mound above the nest.1

长度

3 cm到4 cm (1.2 in到1.6 in)1

最高速度

约 0.47 公里/小时（0.29 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats both plant and animal food. Foragers bring back fruits of vismia plants, inga seeds, and small animals such as spiders, crickets and snails. About 10% of foraging trips succeed, and successful trips usually last 30 to 60 minutes.1

Giant Amazonian ant的照片 — Giant Amazonian ant。照片：Hectonichus。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Females are coal-black and measure 3 to 4 cm long.1
Males are much smaller and dark red.1
Nest entrances are surrounded by the soil dug out of the nest, but no mound is formed.1
Individual ants forage alone, usually within about 10 metres of the nest.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

如果它蜇人

清洗并冷敷蜇伤处。
如果这个人呼吸困难、脸或喉咙肿胀，或感觉要晕倒，这是过敏急症：拨打急救电话。

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。
如果被它蜇了：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？

差不多和一个回形针一样长

Giant Amazonian ant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)

Giant Amazonian ant 约 0.47 公里/小时 (0.29 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Neighbouring colonies have separate foraging areas. When ants from different colonies meet at the border, they face off, lock their jaws and push and kick each other.1

Border fights can last up to half an hour, and both ants are usually left uninjured.1

It is one of the largest ant species in the world.1

One colony can use more than one nest at a time. Some nest entrances were found 40 to 250 cm apart.1

Its nests are about 40 cm deep, with chambers roughly 3 cm high and 20 cm wide.1