Giant Carnivorous Centipedes (1 Viewer)

[Brennan77]

The world has many moist, warm, and dark cavities where phobia-inspiring organisms quietly lurk. The tropical climate of South America's Amazon jungle has an unnaturally large number of such pockets, and consequently that region is home to unnaturally large specimens.

One such example is the Scolopendra gigantea, a venomous, red-maroon centipede with forty-six yellow-tinted legs. These centipedes are the largest in the world, and they are more commonly known as Amazonian giant centipedes due to their massive size. Adults commonly reach lengths of over thirty-five centimeters– the length of a man's forearm. Not only are these creatures very swift runners, but they are also highly adept climbers, a skill which allows them to scale walls to enjoy some surprisingly ambitious prey.

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Video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8313878609430213933
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg

 

[brophy]

unfreaking real
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8313878609430213933

 

[Shadeaux]

i found this humorous...

"Fortunately, the poison from the Scolopendra gigantea is insufficient to kill a healthy human adult. The alarmingly massive centipede can, however, cause symptoms such as local sharp pain, swelling, chills, fever, weakness, and uncontrollable running-away-and-screaming."

 

[gaminerie]

i dated one of those.

i think i may have even let him stay at my house a little while.

He ate all the bread.

 

[ra]

Exterminate all rational thought.

 

[Jayden]

That did it. I'm officially grossed and freaked out!

 

[SaintRob]

They're delicious with a little garlic and butter.

 

[RebSaint]

That video was awesome.

 

[Taurus]

If only we could figure out a way to increase Earth's oxygen content to Paleozoic levels. Then these guys could grow to the size of a dog!