Top Speed of a Giant Centipede
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3.3 km/h
Top Speed of a Giant Centipede is 3.3 km/h (2mph).
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The Life Expectancy of a Giant Centipede
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10 Years
A Giant centipede usually lives for about ten year.
What Does a Giant Centipede Eat?
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Giant centipede is a carnivore and it's diet includes:
- Insects
- Worms
- Snails
- Spiders
- Millipedes
- Scorpions
- Lirzads
- Frogs
- Snakes
- Sparrow-sized birds
- Mice and other small animals
The Number of Body Segments a Giant Centipede has
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21 - 23
Giant centipede has 21 to 23 body segments.
The Length of a Giant Centipede
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30 cm
Giant centipede is the largest centipede species in the world. It is more than 30 centimeters (12 inches) in length.
Where Giant Centipedes are Found?
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Giant Centipede is found in the following countries:
- South America
- Aruba
- Brazil
- Curaçao
- Colombia
- Venezuel
- Trinida
Giant Centipede is mostly found in tropical or sub-tropical rain-forests and tropical dry forests. It usually lives in dark and moist places such as leaf litter or under rocks.
What is a Giant Centipede?
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Giant Centipede, also known as the Scolopendra gigantea or the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede is the largest centipede species in the world. It is capable of overpowering other insects and animals larger than it's own body size. It is venomous as well and one human died because of the venom of giant centipede In 2014.
The scientific classification of the giant centipede is as follows: