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Giant desert centipede

Scolopendra heros
只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。
蜈蚣 咬伤吃：肉
对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在
Southwestern United States (from New Mexico and Arizona east to Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana) and northern Mexico1
北美洲
首页
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
长度
20 cm (7.9 in)1
最高速度
约 1.9 公里/小时（1.2 英里/小时）
在陆地上, 粗略估计
它吃什么？
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
真的！Giant desert centipede的照片
Giant desert centipede。照片：gilaman。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

  • 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

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

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。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

Giant desert centipede 约 20 cm 长 (7.9 in)一根香蕉 约 18 cm (7.1 in)一只家猫 约 50 cm (1.6 ft)
和 6 块玩具积木排成一排一样长190 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Giant desert 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？

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： 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

给毒液专家

学名
Scolopendra heros
类别
蜈蚣
家人
Scolopendridae2
排序
Scolopendromorpha
大洲
北美洲
宝宝
It hatches from eggs.1
对人的危险
2 / 5: 很疼3

事实的来源

  1. Scolopendra heros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra heros (iNaturalist): 名称和分类。
  3. Venom Wiki: 危险等级、典型大小和速度估计都是我们自己给出的。看看我们是怎么算的： 我们如何评定危险.

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