The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days ago...thanks, I guess.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down114 cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
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minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoIt also depends on the species of centipede. In Hawaii they get big (6-14 inches) and can absolutely pierce your skin, and they are FAST. Like, when you try to stomp them they scurry out of the way and attack your foot sort of fast.
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoThat’s not a house centipede. That’s a Fuck You Centipede.
minus-squareDaPorkchop_ [they/she/it]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agothis image made me recoil in abject terror so hard i practically threw my phone at the guy sitting across from me in the train, thanks
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoI got a lot of respect for any animal that tries to go toe to toe with humans.
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoand the stings hurt substantially more than bee stings, if you have ever felt those-- and those are bad.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI have never found any centipede in any house looking like that. Centipedes here are an inch long and scurry away when you turn on the light. That one looks like it hitched a ride on an asteroid and is about to burrow into someone’s skull as food source for its spawn to eat when they hatch
It also depends on the species of centipede. In Hawaii they get big (6-14 inches) and can absolutely pierce your skin, and they are FAST. Like, when you try to stomp them they scurry out of the way and attack your foot sort of fast.
That’s not a house centipede. That’s a Fuck You Centipede.
Those are hawaiian toes fo sho
this image made me recoil in abject terror so hard i practically threw my phone at the guy sitting across from me in the train, thanks
I got a lot of respect for any animal that tries to go toe to toe with humans.
and the stings hurt substantially more than bee stings, if you have ever felt those-- and those are bad.
Toxicognaths!
Gesundheit
House centipede
I have never found any centipede in any house looking like that. Centipedes here are an inch long and scurry away when you turn on the light.
That one looks like it hitched a ride on an asteroid and is about to burrow into someone’s skull as food source for its spawn to eat when they hatch