centipede

[bubbatentoe]

13cm long.
caught it outside a minute ago.

http://www.cutmans.co.za/img/nasty.jpg

Rain spiders are always coming into the house so I'll leave this fellow outside as "protection".

 

[Ono'rach]

Omg that thing is scary :erm:

I would have run away from it, never mind catch it

 

[seanyp00h]

Wow, looks deadly.

 

[_Hecate_]

Omg that thing is scary :erm:

I would have run away from it, never mind catch it

Pansy! My friend had two as pets. Lol she wasn't allowed to have "real" pets.

 

[Ono'rach]

Pansy! My friend had two as pets. Lol she wasn't allowed to have "real" pets.

You have weird friends! I want my pets to love me, not to eat me.

 

[KSINGH]

yikes. was hoping for a pic of a human centipede

 

[porn$tar]

I wouldn't trust anything with 2 heads...

 

[Avenue]

flip that thing is ugly

 

[luxe]

Is the "fork" the tail?

Edit -- its also interesting how the legs seem shorted on the end on the right hand side.

 

[copacetic]

Awesome, looks like it has a nasty bite.

Oddly enough, I also found one yesterday, while trimming a hedge, although mine was tiny compared to that monster.

 

[Ancalagon]

Holy crap! Its evil - kill it!

I dont mind spiders, but damn those things give me the creeps.

 

[mercurial]

Some species of centipede can be hazardous to humans because of their bite. Although a bite to an adult human is usually very painful and may cause severe swelling, chills, fever, and weakness, it is unlikely to be fatal. Bites can be dangerous to small children and those with allergies to bee stings. The bite of larger centipedes can induce anaphylactic shock in such people. Smaller centipedes usually do not puncture human skin.[13]

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[AstroTurf]

Leave it where you found it.
Karma.

 

[Ancalagon]

As long as its not a HUMANCENTiPAD!

 

[Picard]

yikes. was hoping for a pic of a human centipede

My mind has been maimed.

I can never again see the word centipede ... and not keep the picture of the human centipede flashing in my mind.

 

[HapticSimian]

Big centipedes count themselves amongst the very few creepie crawlies that I will rapidly and vocally distance myself from.

/snip

What the hell is in that last photograph? I thought whip scorpions are weird...

 

[copacetic]

I loved that movie.

 

[copacetic]

Big centipedes count themselves amongst the very few creepie crawlies that I will rapidly and vocally distance myself from.



What the hell is in that last photograph? I thought whip scorpions are weird...

i found one of those wandering around once. I think they are called house centipedes or something.

 

[HapticSimian]

i found one of those wandering around once. I think they are called house centipedes or something.

Wiki agrees. Too many legs, and not cute like a millipede. Way too many legs.

In South Africa, they have been found in the Western Cape, in and around Cape Town (sightings have been reported in Pinelands, Vredehoek, Mowbray, Edgemead and Gordon's Bay) and also in KwaZulu-Natal, in the city of Pietermaritzburg.

**** going to the coast again. Ever.

 

[copacetic]

Lol, it looked pretty harmless to me.