Dear God that thing was nasty...

[moonshinemadness]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: jjsole
those centipedes really freak me, they're often huge and super quick.

they have powerful jaws too, used for chomping spiders.

believe me when I say this thing was H-U-G-E. The good part was that it only took 1 hit with the broom to take it out of commission...

Altho, it's the image of the severed but moving legs that was the freaky part

There are several different types of centipedes. The one you saw is actually pretty docile. They are very fast but mostly harmless to humans. The thick ones with the short legs (usually reddish in colour) are the ones to be carefull of. They are the ones with the nasty jaws and venom.

The twitchy legs you saw is normal among these types of invertabrates. Once severed from the body the nerves are still being stimulated. Freaky but normal.

Cows and rabbits to that when you shoot them.....