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As the so-called "one thing descends one thing", as one of the five poisons, the centipede has an invincible nemesis even if everyone is discouraged, and its nemesis is the poultry - chickens, whether it is a rooster or a hen, centipedes are suppressed by the other party.
Especially in the face of the strong big rooster, there is no power to fight back, and can only be pecked alive, and finally reduced to the belly of the big rooster.
Why can't a highly poisonous centipede deal with a big rooster, and how can the toxins in its body not poison the rooster after being eaten? What is the reason behind this?
In fact, the centipede's toxin is mainly distributed in the venom gland mouth of the tail, and when it catches prey or responds to other enemies, it will use its tail to bite through the epidermal tissue of the prey or opponent.
At that moment, the centipede will quickly inject the toxins in its body into the blood vessels of the opponent through the venom glands on its tail, and then the toxins will spread throughout the prey with the blood flow.
The toxins contain histamine and hemolytic proteins, which can cause local tissue swelling, and if the centipede is large enough and the toxin is imported enough, it can cause dizziness and dizziness, followed by shock and death.
For humans, the body's immunity is stronger than that of ordinary small animals, so the possibility of life-threatening is not particularly large, but if it is the same size as a centipede, or an animal of similar size, it is very likely to die of poison.
On the other hand, the big rooster and the centipede are not opponents of the same level, and the size of the rooster is far larger than that of the centipede, so if it really fights, the rooster can completely rely on the advantage of size to crush the centipede.
The second is that from the point of view of the way the centipede deals with the enemy, it must bite through the opponent's epidermal tissue, and then inject venom, if it can't do it, it will definitely not pose a threat.
On the other hand, roosters or hens are fully armed, they have thick feathers all over their bodies, and centipedes have no way to bite them, and there is no place to bite them.
The only thing exposed outside is only the claws of chickens, but the tissues of the epidermis of chicken claws are extremely hard, equivalent to their own armor, if there is no sharp weapon, it is difficult to cut the tissue of the epidermis of the claws, and the tail of the centipede is definitely not as good as the sharp weapon, so it is natural to bite the chicken claws.
There is also the fact that the front beak of the chicken is also hard, and when the chicken pecks the centipede, it does not play any role at all, and it cannot break the external defense of the chicken at all, and can only be eaten alive.
In addition, the position of the cockscomb can be bitten, what if the centipede bites the cockscomb?
As everyone knows, the blood that comes out after the cockscomb is bitten is the nemesis of centipede toxin, and in some medical records, the cockscomb blood is a hot thing, which can play a role in activating qi and blood, which can just resist the hemolytic protein of centipede toxin.
Therefore, the rooster is not only the external "arm" to restrain the centipede, but even the internal blood is also the "antidote", in addition to the blood, there are other substances in the chicken body that can decompose the centipede's toxins well.
It is important to know that eventually the centipede is eaten by the chicken, and the toxins of the centipede itself will not disappear, which will further affect other organs in the chicken's body.
But from a practical point of view, adult roosters are not poisoned by eating centipedes, and the reason is very simple, that is, the chicken's body contains an ingredient called corticosteroid hormone, and the concentration is still very high.
This hormone has the effect of regulating immunity, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, even if it is accidentally poisoned, it can remove the toxin in the first time, and it will not cause any harm to the body.
In addition, the liver, spleen and stomach of chickens have strong metabolism and detoxification ability, especially gastric acid can kill most bacteria and viruses.
According to scientific research, the stomach acid pH of chickens is between 1.1 and 1.3, which is much stronger than that of humans.
Although the rooster restrains centipedes from the inside out, it is not completely unaffected, if it eats too many centipedes or centipedes are larger and contain more toxins, then the rooster will still have some side effects.
It usually manifests as overly excited and hyperactive, more aggressive on weekdays, and more irritable, mainly because some toxins affect the nervous system of chickens, and then when the immune system breaks down toxins, the organs are more active.
In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the small size of individual individuals, and there are not yet adult roosters and hens may not be able to defeat centipedes, and some centipedes have too strong toxins to poison some small and immunocompromised roosters.
For humans, it is still necessary to stay away, even small centipedes may contain highly poisonous, if they are accidentally bitten, they will be disinfected as soon as possible.
If you have felt the swelling of local tissues, you must be sent to the doctor for confusion to avoid poisoning and death, of course, you don't have to be too afraid, many centipede toxins are not particularly strong, and they are not so bad that people die on the spot, and it is generally okay to seek medical attention in time.
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