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Giant Centipede, also known as the Scolopendra gigantea or the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede is the largest centipede species in the world. It is capable of overpowering other insects and animals larger than it's own body size. It is venomous as well and one human died because of the venom of giant centipede In 2014.
The scientific classification of the giant centipede is as follows:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Domain: Eukaryota
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Myriapoda
- Class: Chilopoda
- Order: Scolopendromorpha
- Family: Scolopendridae
- Genus: Scolopendridae
- Species: S.Gigantea
