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«——【· Preface ·】——»
According to Jiupai News, in 2022, Haiguang seized a batch of species transported to the mainland, including a species called the giant centipede.
In fact, this is not the first time that centipedes have been transported into the interior of the country and seized by customs.
As one of the five poisons, centipedes must be familiar to everyone.
People who lived in the countryside as children should have the impression that if they were stung by a centipede, the stung place would hurt for several days.
In severe cases, it may even cause redness all over the body and need to be rushed to the hospital.
And the centipede also has a bit of legend, that is, centipedes like to burrow, leading some people to say that when they sleep at night, centipedes will quietly climb into bed and burrow into people's ears.
Of course, this is all a very unlikely thing to happen.
And the appearance of centipedes is always a cause for concern.
Especially the countless claws and the pitch-black shell.
If you pinch it and look closely, the appearance of the centipede is also very scary.
It stands to reason that humans should stay away from such things.
But with the development of the times, some people who are interested in the strange have set their eyes on things like centipedes.
First of all, some people like to use centipedes to make wine.
There is no medical indication of the health benefits of centipede soaking wine, but some superstitious people just like to tinker with these things.
And for these people, centipede soaking wine is still very particular, ordinary small centipedes are not good, they must be very large centipedes.
It is even required that centipedes are highly toxic, and the resulting wine is said to have health benefits.
But everything is nonsense, this phenomenon is the same as poisonous snakes soaking wine, using other people's curiosity to comfort themselves.
Don't underestimate centipedes, although it's rare to see centipedes causing deaths.
But the cases of death in the hands of centipedes are far less than the cases of being bitten by poisonous snakes, and a bite by a centipede can leave lifelong sequelae if you don't get it right.
How special is the toxicity of centipedes?
The most venomous centipedes in the world are not only so poisonous that they make people sweat, but even the snakes we are usually afraid of are used as food.
«——[· centipede's poisonous ·]——»
First, let's talk about centipede toxins.
If we are bitten by a centipede, our first feeling is that our whole body is very hot and dry, and we enter a special state of euphoria.
It's like taking a stimulant.
First of all, we must know that centipedes belong to a type of arthropod, and most of the toxins contained in arthropods are neurotoxins.
Once in the body, it has a direct effect on the nervous system.
Scientists once conducted an experiment with mice, which was to inject toxins extracted from centipedes into mice.
Unexpectedly, when the toxin first started to attack, the mice began to breathe faster, and the data of the whole body began to rise.
It's like a guinea pig taking a stimulant.
Then something even more unbelievable happened, after the mouse continued to be in this state for a while, its body began to paralyze, and it fell to the ground unable to move, and finally died of respiratory failure.
It can be seen that the transient hypereuphoria provided by centipede toxin is the precursor to the final death.
This is because centipede toxin contains a special protease that melts into the bloodstream for the first time.
It speeds up the flow of blood.
Commonly known as hemolytic activity.
But if this enzyme continues to act, the human body will not be able to bear this burden, and will eventually die of exhaustion.
However, due to the particularity of centipede toxin, some people think that as long as the amount of toxin is controlled, only the components that are beneficial to the human body can be retained.
It's a great idea, but it's very difficult to do.
As early as 2006, scientists have tried to extract ingredients from centipedes that are only beneficial to the human body.
However, the experimental process is very complex, and there is still a long way to go.
Is it true that centipedes can kill snakes?
«——【· · value of centipedes】——»
It's actually with some exaggeration, but that doesn't mean centipedes can't eat snakes.
For some giant centipedes, the big snakes are hard to eat, but some of the small snakes are their lunch.
This snake is probably only the length of a small arm, and it is not very aggressive, and it does not even have any poison in its body.
As we all know, centipedes generally contain trace amounts of toxins in their bodies, which are still more threatening to small snakes.
However, don't look at centipedes as poisonous, normal people should stay away, but there are also people who rely on centipedes to save their lives.
Huang Guodong of Guangxi relied on centipedes to counterattack and turn the tables when he was most desperate in his life.
In 2009, he was still a college student, and it seemed that he had a bright future.
But because of a ruthless car accident, Huang Guodong's entire leg was scrapped and he couldn't walk normally.
At that time, his leg was badly injured, and if dragged down, the entire area around the injured area would die.
So Huang Guodong could only endure the pain and amputate the injured part.
After the amputation, his college life was completely shattered, and no one wanted to hire such a disabled person to work in the company when he returned home.
When he was in trouble, Huang Guodong saw a centipede near his home and thought of an idea.
At that time, the mainland was prohibiting foreign centipede species from entering China, otherwise, the proliferation of those giant centipedes would affect the local ecology.
However, the state does not prohibit farming.
So Huang Guodong and several others opened a farm to raise centipedes.
Unexpectedly, after the farm was opened, the business was much more prosperous than I expected.
also made Huang Guodong see some hope.
With Huang Guodong expanding the scale of breeding several times, he has become a well-known local centipede farmer.
So some people can't help but wonder, who will buy so many centipedes that he breeds?
Who are our customers?
In fact, the centipedes bred by Huang Guodong were mainly bought by three kinds of customers.
One is to buy centipedes back and dry them as medicinal materials, which are generally the production plants of Chinese medicinal materials.
After all, centipedes also have a certain effect in traditional Chinese medicine.
The second is that some people who like to make wine with centipedes buy centipedes from Huang Guodong.
Finally, some people who like to raise centipedes on their own will regularly buy centipede species from Huang Guodong.
After taking it home, raise it yourself.
It can be seen that centipedes still have value for some people.
But if you see centipedes in reality, you should still try to get rid of them.
Otherwise, there is such an unstable risk in the family, in case a child in the family is accidentally bitten by a centipede.
If it is not detected in time, the poison of centipedes will also cause some irreparable damage to children.
Of course, there are pros and cons to centipedes, and they can't be killed with a stick.
Reference:
A college student who was in a car accident and cut off his left leg has already been bribed by Huang Huang -- Education--People's Daily Online
Nanjing Customs seized 12 live centipedes in the inbound parcel The venom can cause shock