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Peruvian giant centipede

Scolopendra gigantea

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

咬伤吃：肉

The Peruvian giant centipede is the largest centipede species in the world, growing longer than 30 centimetres. It lives in northern South America and on several Caribbean islands, mostly in rainforests and dry forests. It hunts a wide range of animals, from insects to bats, and its venom is strong enough to stop small mammals.1

生活在

Northern South America, with verified records from Aruba, Brazil, Curaçao, Colombia, Venezuela (including Margarita Island) and Trinidad1

南美洲

首页

It lives in tropical or sub-tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest, hiding in dark, damp places such as leaf litter, under rocks and logs, and under tree bark. Near human buildings, it often hides in trash piles, rubble, plant pots, crawl spaces under buildings, under old floor and ceiling boards, and in cracks in wooden, concrete and brick walls.1

长度

30 cm (1 ft)1

最高速度

约 2.5 公里/小时（1.6 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It eats any animal it can overpower and kill, including large insects, worms, snails, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, tarantulas, small lizards, frogs, snakes, sparrow-sized birds, mice and bats. Large individuals climb cave ceilings and use a few legs to hold on while they handle heavier prey, such as bats.1

Peruvian giant centipede的照片 — Peruvian giant centipede。照片：Katka Nemčoková。 CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimetres.1
Specimens may have 21 or 23 body segments.1
Its common name refers to yellow legs.1
It climbs readily and can rest in hiding spaces under tree bark.1

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 strong enough to immobilise small mammals it hunts, such as bats and mice. The venom is produced in a modified pair of legs placed under the head.1

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。

At least one human death has been linked to its venom. In 2014, a four-year-old child in Venezuela died after being bitten by a giant centipede hidden inside an open soda can. Researchers at Universidad de Oriente later confirmed the animal was this species.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 9 块玩具积木排成一排一样长140 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Peruvian giant 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)

Peruvian giant centipede 约 2.5 公里/小时 (1.6 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Large individuals have a clever way of catching bats: they climb cave ceilings and hold their heavier prey with only a few legs attached to the ceiling.1

It is the largest centipede species in the world, with a length exceeding 30 centimetres.1

It can overpower animals as large as tarantulas, and it can also kill snakes up to 25 centimetres long.1

Its venom comes from a modified pair of legs placed just underneath its head.1

It climbs readily and will use hiding spaces under tree bark.1

Its natural predators include large birds, spiders, and mammals that hunt arthropods, such as the coati, kinkajou and opossum.1