Remind me to never go to Venezuela, where the giant bat-eating centipede lives. Over 13″ long. Really creepy. God I hate centipedes.
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Ah, the wondrous beauty of God’s creation!
Ok, just kidding. Seriously, though- Nature is one freaky/scary bitch!
Your bug videos always make me smile, even as they give me the creeps. I love biology.
Ughhhh…. now I won’t sleep…
That is wickedly weird….nature is pretty amazing
Actually, there is one cute-looking centipede called a scutigera. See here:
http://www.pbase.com/dang/image/61400403
google “scutigera” for other images
Saw one on the wall of a restaurant once; that one was almost feathery in its appearance. Also, if you have centipedes, supposedly you won’t have roaches, because centipedes eat other small arthropods.
Ugh… that is disgusting… I hate centipedes too :/
Welp, that proves it. There is no god.
@lurker111: You and I have very different ideas of what to define as “cute”. :)
@John: Ah, if it were only so easy!
I am from Venezuela and I didn’t know about that…
@Jorge: What?!? You mean you aren’t afraid to go outside because of this obscure cave-dwelling monstrosity? :)
I love David Attenborough and arthropods, but I don’t think I’m ever going to Venezuela now, either. Certainly not going to any caves there, even though I love bats.
Man, that thing is the size of the fake plastic centipede my college roommate put in my bed one night. I pulled down the covers, saw the thing and let out a scream like a little girl on fire. I’m sleeping with the lights on . . .
ahh…the arthropod-fear is rife. centipedes merely work to their strengths! i remember the first centipede I brought home with me, I was at the reptile store looking at my favorite spineless creatures, tarantulas. The clerk, a fellow named Skillet (for real!), said “hey garth, hold this” and handed me a plastic cup with a Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) in it. a beautiful creature, long and sleek and designed like the bad guy’s spaceship in a cool sci-fi movie.
while i sat there examining the myriopod, Skillet returned, gave me a “pinkie” mouse (a mouse that hasn’t grown in it’s fur yet) and said “feed him that” with a grin. I dropped the mouse in, and the ‘pede took a second checking out the mouse, then buried it’s amazing jaws into its head, and immediately began eating the mouse alive. i was enrapt. i kept that bug until it died of old age.
centipedes come in an mind-boggling array of colors and sizes, and are rarely so poisonous as to seriously endanger your life (haha, even i had to giggle a little at that). I always observe the tropical fish rule with my spineless wonders: keep ‘em in the tank. if you don’t touch them, you won’t put them in danger (or yourself, I guess).
I’d recommend sites like arachnoboards.com for advice and pics of these amazing animals.
for a really mind-blowing adaptation, google “velvet worm”. nature is just WEIRD!
of course, that’s my opinion.