livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 nice warm day so i went into the water dragons pen to see if they had finished brumating 2 of them sitting on branches while searching around i found this probably a young Giant Centipede (Cormocephalus rubriceps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 WOW I wish i found them in my garden. its a bit too cold down here tho. And i suppose i need a garden too :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 you going to keep it? it's neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majik Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 That thing is MASSIVE glad you dont have to buy shoes for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 They heart what they bit you even through leather gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 We got to play with one of these in Scotland... Must be a relative :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 apparently their bite is poisonous, from this website http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/chilopoda.php Most centipedes are harmless, but the larger specimens can protect themselves and may pinch the skin, which can be quite unpleasant. Large Scolopendromorpha are capable of inflicting a very painful bite and may be dangerous to sensitive individuals or small children. did you bring me back one of those caryl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 So Livingart, are you a sensitive individual, or just a kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 good thing about being a male, zev, is that we never grow up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 I like caryl's one; I dont like yours LA - did you squish it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 real animal lovers love all animals not just the cute or fluffy ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 i love all animals. except human babies, and cockroaches, and those things, and maybe a few other things. :lol: :lol: I would have screamed like a girl if it climbed on me. I keep thinking it will sit in my ear canal and eat its way into my head. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 i love all animals. except human babies, and cockroaches, and those things, and maybe a few other things. should read most animals then I keep thinking it will sit in my ear canal and eat its way into my head it is a centipede not a brain sucker, and the taste of wax might put it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 most animals then ha ha. lets compromise at almost all animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 It was (and still is) a giant millipede. Same as LAs except more compacted body parts (and a few more legs) :lol: It was very hard to the touch and I don't know how squishable it would be, although a good stomp would do it in I am sure. It was very friendly and didn't bite anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 most millipedes eat decaying vegetation whereas the larger centipedes are predators we have found a couple of large millipedes on the property, but nothing like the beauty you were handling Caryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 I would have screamed like a girl if it climbed on me. I keep thinking it will sit in my ear canal and eat its way into my head. :lol: Methinks Phoenix has been watching too much Star Trek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 That's what ive been forgetting all these days! I havent seen the new movie- had exams when it came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 first centipede to second centipede while crawling towards phoenix's earhole "Space, the final frontier" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Stop it LA, you nearly made me spit my tea over the laptop trying to stifle a laugh! Maybe you had better give it a miss if you are squeamish - it has a scene in it where they use a wiggly bug to get information out of a captive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 first centipede to second centipede while crawling towards phoenix's earhole "Space, the final frontier" LOL. they would have been squished before they made it into deep space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 So you wouldn't like the Babel fish either huh? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Oooo..... I want a Babel fish! I can just see Phoenix jumping around like a girl with one of those as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 ah but the babel fish is not believed to have developed naturally but it would help phoenix understand Vogon poetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 phoenix would scream in much the same way as men don't at the thought of a babel fish. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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