There are many customs in the past Dragon Boat Festival, such as: eating rice dumplings, inserting wormwood, dragon boat racing, drinking male yellow wine, etc., which has an important activity, that is, posting the five poison patterns, and then using five needles to pierce the top of the five poisons, and also making five poison cakes, that is, carving the appearance of the five poisons on the top of the cake, embroidering the pattern of the five poisons on the clothes, and making the five poison pillows.
The five poisons refer to centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads, because the weather gradually becomes hotter, these poisons gradually become active, the lack of natural knowledge of the ancients, coupled with these poisons live around us.
Centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads are common creatures in the countryside, and these five poisons have their own poison kings.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > the most poisonous centipede --- hastelloy centipede</h1>
The hastilian centipede lives mainly in the western Pacific Ocean, and an adult hash centipede can grow to about 20 cm, and the longest hash centipede can grow to about 30 cm. Their heads and first dorsal panels are red, the rest of the dorsal panels are yellow, brown and orange, which are influenced by their genes and living environment, and the feet are light brown. The antennae are divided into 18 segments, and the base is 6 segments without fine villi
Hastelloy centipede is an omnivorous animal, like to come out at night, mainly prey on some insects for food, such as crickets, locusts, cicadas, they also like to smoke chicken blood, some areas people use their characteristics, to catch them to make wine. When food is scarce, they will also eat some vegetarian foods such as young sprouts of grass and some fruits.
Although they are not listed on the list of the world's top ten poisons, they are not small in toxicity. It is said that a person who has been bitten by them has put his hand into the boiling hot water to reduce the pain after being bitten, although their poison is not very deadly, but if they are not treated, they will cause death.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > the most venomous snake --- the Bayss sea snake</h1>
The Sea Snake mainly lives around the reefs of the Ashmore Islands in Australia, and their adult body length can reach about 2.5 meters, which is similar in appearance to the silver-ringed snake, the first poisonous snake in China. It is a temperate animal that cannot live in cold waters. They prefer to inhabit the area around the mouth of the water that is not very salty, and feed mainly on the fish and shrimp there.
Because they live in the sea for a long time, they have evolved to help them excrete excess salt that enters the body with food when eating, and they have thick snake skin, which can effectively prevent seawater from seeping into the body, resulting in the loss of body fluids. Because of this, they are well placed to live and prey in the sea.
Scientists have found that the snake venom of a Baysian sea snake can poison about 250,000 mice, and their snake venom is extremely stable, heated in boiling water for five minutes can still maintain the toxicity, scientists take its snake venom to acidic and alkaline conditions, the results obtained are still the same. Although some venomous snakes have LD50 higher than theirs, they are still recognized as the most venomous snakes in the world because of the stability of their venom.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > the most poisonous scorpion --- the Israeli golden scorpion</h1>
The Israeli golden scorpion is mainly distributed in the northern part of the Middle East and Africa, they prefer to inhabit very arid desert areas, grow very slowly, the largest individual can only grow to about 10 cm, the whole body is yellowish brown, there are also dark brown and black. The tail is shorter than other scorpions, but has a pair of powerful forelimbs.
They feed mainly on insects, like crickets, spiders are their delicious food. Because they live in the desert, they are well fed and have a long lifespan. , so now many reptile enthusiasts keep it as a pet.
Israeli golden scorpion is also called Israeli killer scorpion or Middle Eastern golden scorpion, they are fierce, fast action, scorpion venom contains a variety of neurotoxins, although the amount of venom of a poisonous scorpion is not enough to kill an adult man, but it is fatal to other young individuals, so they rank fifth in the world's top ten poisons.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the largest gecko --- large gecko</h1>
The gecko lives mainly in Asia, and its distribution in China is also very widespread, such as: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Taiwan can be seen in the region. It is the largest gecko, and an adult gecko can grow up to 30 cm long.
They mainly come out at night to hunt, and during the day they like to inhabit shady places, such as tree holes and caves in the wild, and sometimes break into the homes of residents and rest in dark places. Their diet is mainly a number of small insects such as grasshoppers, grasshoppers, moths, and cicadas.
Geckos are poisonous creatures that have been handed down from ancient times. At that time, people believed that as long as the gecko's urine entered the human eye, the human eye would be blind, and if it entered the human ear, the human ear would be deaf, and the person who ate the food that the gecko crawled over would be poisoned and die, so people had a natural fear of it and listed it as one of the five poisons.
Studies have now shown that geckos themselves are not toxic, but their urine contains a certain degree of microtoxicity. If its urine is exposed to the skin, it can cause itching, rashes, redness, and even allergic urticaria, allergic rashes, etc.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > the most poisonous toad--- sea toad</h1>
Sea toads are a species of terrestrial toad native to Central america and South America, which is generally about 15–17 cm long and weighs around 106 g. In 1935, in order to control the pests in sugar cane plantations, Australia introduced 120 sea toads. Sea toads entering Australia not only effectively control the pests in sugar cane plantations but also use it as a paradise.
Because of their size and toxins, there were few natural enemies in this part of Australia, and their terrible ability to reproduce was rampant within a few years, giving the Australian authorities a headache.
Sea toads prefer to inhabit under rocks or grass and in some dark places, they live mainly on land and basically only go to the water when they lay their eggs. They feed mainly on insects, but sometimes also prey on frogs and small rodents.
Sea toads are so toxic that they secrete venom on their own when threatened, and if they are provoked, they can even spray small amounts of venom that follow the victim's eyes, mouth and nose into the body, causing severe pain, temporary blindness and inflammation. Although it does not cause any fatal harm to humans, it is fatal enough for some animals, and a large number of kangaroos, monitor lizards, freshwater crocodiles, wild dogs and other animals die every year by eating sea toads.