The United States fluttered because of the giant red-headed centipede

The wildlife agency of Texas and the United States last week posted a giant red-headed centipede in the public.

The giant red-headed centipede made the Americans flutter

Live Science reported on July 10 that many people were frightened by the giant centipede's image, with up to 20 pairs of yellow legs and a red head.

The giant TPWD red centipede posted online.(Photo: Live Science)

Ben Hutchins, a vertebrate biologist of the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), said the centipede was found quite frequently in parts of southern America and northern Mexico.

They often cling to stone holes, wood or leaves but sometimes appear in the house. This centipede is up to 20 cm long and has 21-23 pairs of legs. Their food is insects and spiders. However, large centipedes can eat larger prey like rodents, snakes, lizards, toads or other small vertebrates.

According to the University of Arkansas Museum of arthropods, in captivity, giant red centipedes love to eat moths. The bright color of this centipede is a warning to predators that, although they are very eye-catching, they are extremely poisonous.

Mr. Hutchins said that when red-headed centipedes bite people often cause pain, swelling, skin necrosis, dizziness, nausea, and headache. It can even cause muscle damage, kidney failure, heart attack. A healthy 20-year-old person died of acute heart attack due to the 2006 centipede bite.