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The "five poisons" often refer to centipedes, scorpions, toads, geckos and poisonous snakes.
Centipedes may exist in many parts of the countryside, in front of and behind the house or in some inconspicuous corner, dark and damp places are the best shelter for centipedes, like to lie out at night, and many animals and people are alarmed by their haunting.
However, even the most powerful animals have natural enemies, and the natural enemies of centipedes are roosters. As one of the "three hegemons" in the countryside, the rooster is not only not afraid of centipedes, but also regards it as a rare delicacy.
However, careful people will find that after the rooster eats the centipede, it will change its temperament, become extremely fierce and grumpy, chase people and peck, many people think that this is a manifestation of rooster poisoning, is it true that the rooster will be poisoned when eating centipedes?
Let's take a look at how poisonous the centipede really is.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" Data-track="9" How toxic are centipedes >? </h1>
Centipedes belong to the multipod order, also known as "Draco" and "Millipede", which makes people's scalps tingle.
Its head has a pair of cheek horns, which contain poisonous glands, and the feet are barb-shaped, very sharp, and contain poisonous glandular openings inside, which are generally used to drain venom.
As the first of the five poisons, the centipede is not because it is the most toxic, but the most common, and the probability of injury is the greatest.
After biting, the centipede's venom glands will immediately secrete a large amount of venom, injecting them into the wound along the mouth of the venom glands, and the light may have a pinprick-like tingling and numbness, and in severe cases, it may lead to vomiting, fever and even shock, and it is necessary to seek medical attention immediately.
In general, the darker the color and the larger the centipede, the more toxic it is, and the more severe the performance after being bitten.
However, the centipede's courage is relatively small, after being frightened, it will subconsciously run away, as long as it does not chase it, the probability of being bitten is actually not high, and it will not be hurt if it does not take the initiative to provoke.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="16 >" Why do docile roosters attack people after eating centipedes? </h1>
Everything in the world is mutually exclusive, and although the centipede is the first of the five poisons, it is helpless in front of the big rooster.
Chickens are not afraid of all kinds of small bugs and insects, and when catching centipedes, they also have their own set of methods: use their pointed mouths to peck at the centipedes a little bit.
Even if you are entangled in centipedes, don't worry, the chicken feet are covered with thick, equivalent to the iron cloth shirt of the rooster, and the centipede's poisonous glands are short but cannot be pierced at all;
Moreover, the rooster is not like a person who directly exposes the soft skin to the air, and the thick feathers on the body can play a good protective role, and the centipede has no way to take it, and can only obediently obey when it meets.
The main reason is that the venom component of centipedes is mainly hemolytic proteins, similar to snake venom, and also contains arginine, proline, etc. As long as there is no direct contact with the wound and blood, the venom is useless.
During the whole process of chicken eating, the venom of the centipede will not have the opportunity to contact the blood, the chicken will first store the food in the chicken sac storage bag under the neck, and then enter the stomach, at this time the venom is directly digested like other ordinary proteins; moreover, the chicken's liver has the function of self-detoxification, and the centipede that eats it is generally dead, even if it is poisonous, it will not harm the safety of the chicken body.
However, just because chickens won't be poisoned doesn't mean they'll be safe. In the countryside, there are often some chickens that change their temperament after eating the centipede, and the whole body is in a state of preparation for "fighting", irritable and irritable, chasing people and pecking, and some people attribute this performance of chickens to poisoning.
In fact, the reason why centipedes are listed as five poisons, in addition to containing high poisons, on the other hand, is because they can "enter medicine", and many people use these poisons to brew medicinal liquor. The fact that the rooster becomes aggressive after eating the centipede is not a sign of poisoning.
Centipedes are more of a "tonic" or a "stimulant" to roosters.
After the rooster eats, the hormones or a certain substance in the body may change, affecting the overall state of the rooster, so the rooster will become irritable and irritable, chasing people everywhere and pecking, which is very aggressive.
Of course, the rooster that looks docile on weekdays is also not easy to mess with, and the existence of "cockfighting" shows that chickens, as a kind of poultry, also have "animal nature" in the body, and they usually walk with a strong and angry look, and it is not good stubble to look at.
Have you ever seen a centipede?
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