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Waterfall centipede

Scolopendra cataracta
Mayelana negama: Its scientific name, cataracta, comes from the Latin word for waterfall.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Izinkume UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The waterfall centipede is a giant centipede that can live both on land and in water, which makes it the first known amphibious centipede. It is found in Southeast Asia, near streams and waterfalls. It is special because it hunts and swims in water, which other centipedes are not known to do.1

Ihlala
Southeast Asia: Laos, Thailand and Vietnam1
I-Asia
Ekhaya
It lives near streams and waterfalls. It runs along stream beds and goes into the water, especially at night.1
Ubude
20 cm (7.9 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 2 km/h (1.2 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It is thought to go into the water at night to hunt aquatic or amphibious invertebrates, which are animals without a backbone that live in or near water.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Waterfall centipede
Waterfall centipede. Isithombe: https://zookeys.pensoft.net. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • A giant centipede, growing to around 20 cm long1
  • Long legs and a greenish-black colour1
  • Its body is hydrophobic, so water rolls off it and it stays dry out of the water1
  • Swims with eel-like side-to-side movements of its body1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

Senzani uma sesabile?

When exposed, it escapes into the water.1

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa, lipholise noma ulicwilise emanzini afudumele ngenxa yobuhlungu, bese uthola usizo lwezokwelapha uma kuba kubi kakhulu.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Waterfall centipede ubude obucishe bube ngu-20 cm (7.9 in)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)Ikati lasekhaya cishe 50 cm (1.6 ft)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-6 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-180 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Waterfall centipede mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It is the first known amphibious centipede, meaning it can live both on land and in water.1

2

Its body surface is hydrophobic, so water rolls off and leaves it dry.1

3

It swims with eel-like side-to-side movements of its body.1

4

A specimen from Vietnam collected in 1928 had been misidentified as a different centipede, and was later recognised as this species.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Scolopendra cataracta
Iqembu
Izinkume
Umndeni
Scolopendridae2
Ukuhleleka
Scolopendromorpha
Amazwekazi
I-Asia
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Scolopendra cataracta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra cataracta (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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