Centipede, Scolopendra dawydoffi (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae), predation on an egg-laying snake, Sibynophis triangularis (Squamata: Colubridae), in Thailand
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DOI: 10.1007/s10905-017-9642-0
Abstract: While typically insectivorous, large centipedes are known to attack and eat vertebrates. Though opportunistic, this behavior might be relatively frequent. Predation of centipedes on snakes is rarely observed. We report an incident, witnessed at the… read more here.
Keywords: centipede scolopendra; scolopendra dawydoffi; centipede; sibynophis triangularis ... See more keywords
Vietnamese centipede envenomation
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DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2018.1456664
Abstract: A 23-year-old man reported that his pet Vietnamese centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) escaped from its enclosure and stung him on his left ring finger near the distal interphalangeal joint when he captured it. In the emergency… read more here.
Keywords: centipede; centipede envenomation; vietnamese centipede; toxicology ... See more keywords
Centipede: Leveraging the Distributed Camera Crowd for Cooperative Video Data Storage
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DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2021.3074823
Abstract: Surveillance cameras have been extensively used in smart cities and high security zones. However, with the exploding deployment of smart cameras, the rapid growth of cloud workloads from vision-based IoT applications are becoming a huge… read more here.
Keywords: video; cooperative video; video data; centipede ... See more keywords
Target switch of centipede toxins for antagonistic switch
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb5734
Abstract: Centipedes use toxins against conspecific centipedes or heterospecific prey species. Animal venoms are powerful, highly evolved chemical weapons for defense and predation. While venoms are used mainly to lethally antagonize heterospecifics (individuals of a different… read more here.
Keywords: switch centipede; centipede; centipede toxins; target ... See more keywords
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of soft tissue necrosis due to centipede bite in a patient with diabetes.
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DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2022.31.7.586
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is an option for the management of rapidly progressive tissue necrosis after centipede bites in patients with diabetes. METHOD In this… read more here.
Keywords: centipede bite; patient diabetes; soft tissue; tissue necrosis ... See more keywords