0:00:01 > 0:00:05On Deadly 60 I've had loads of incredible animal encounters.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Here's just one of my many favourites.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11This is Deadly 60 Bites.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17I'm in Venezuela.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20I'm about to have a really creepy encounter with a toxic terror,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24the longest centipede on Earth.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27We've just had a spot of real Deadly 60 luck.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31We've just been told that some locals have actually found
0:00:31 > 0:00:34a giant scolopendra in their back garden.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35I'm going to have a look now.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hola. Como estas?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Puero bella. - HE REPLIES IN SPANISH
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Si.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45No way!
0:00:45 > 0:00:49No way, that's enormous!
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Muchas gracias!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54OK, I'd rather take this away from his family before I take it out,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58because this is an animal that certainly could do a child
0:00:58 > 0:01:01an enormous amount of damage.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I have to admit I'm a little bit shaky about this.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I've handled scolopendra many, many times in the past,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12but nothing of this kind of size.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16This is absolutely formidable.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Look at the size of it.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22That is just extraordinary.
0:01:22 > 0:01:29It's incredibly strong, harder to handle certainly than any snake.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Look at that, look at the strength of it!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35It's actually just sunk its claws right into the thumb of the glove,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and I'm very, very glad that these are really... Look at that!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42It's almost puncturing the leather.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48In fact, I'm not entirely sure that these gloves are strong enough!
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Woah!
0:01:49 > 0:01:53That is a true living monster.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So this is scolopendra gigantea,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the largest species of centipede found on Earth.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Woo-er!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04It can get to be nearly 30 centimetres in length,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07which is as long as my forearm.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12And at the front of the head you can see those curved claws,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16they're actually adapted legs, but they're linked to a venom gland,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20which means that they can inject an absolutely ferocious toxin
0:02:20 > 0:02:23and overpower even quite decent-sized mammals.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27And there is no doubt that if this actually got to exposed skin,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31it would definitely bite, and if it did, it probably wouldn't kill me,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33but I really don't want to take that chance.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Wow!
0:02:39 > 0:02:40You horrible thing!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42You're horrible! I hate you!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Can I put it back in the bucket now, please?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Wugh-ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Oh! Holy Moly!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Giant scolopendra. Definitely deadly.
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