Giant, bat-killing centipede! (video)
February 11th, 2008
Ratcheting up the freaky-meter is this video of a giant centipede, which as well as being highly poisonous and strong as a small snake, can catch and kill bats, straight out of the air.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8313878609430213933
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23 Comments Add your own
1. gimpy | February 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am
You think that’s unpleasant, wait till you see this,
Centipede Vs Mouse
Not for those of delicate disposition.
2. Frank the SciencePunk | February 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Sweet jesus, did you stumble upon Eli Roth’s home video stash?
3. Paige Gyldersleve | February 15th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
The giant Scolopendra species are amazing centipedes. I know a fellow invertebrate keeper who was bitten by a Peruvian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea) and he said that the pain was unbelievable. In his words, “the morphine didn’t even touch it.”
4. madrone | February 24th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Oh S**t. I’m going to have nightmares tonight.
5. gdr | February 24th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
From the 2005 BBC series Life In The Undergrowth, presented by David Attenborough.
6. Frank the SciencePunk | February 25th, 2008 at 10:19 am
@ gdr:
Are you sure it wasn’t Attenborough’s 1996 series “Godless Nightmare Creatures of the World”?
7. fds | February 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
What
The
F*ck
:-|
8. Fat Mike | February 26th, 2008 at 1:06 am
thats crazy but check this out centipede vs trantula
9. puttputt | February 26th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Note to self:
Scratch off trip to Venezuelan bat cave.
10. Shandooga | February 26th, 2008 at 2:02 am
I could do that. Except for the venom, but I could have it eaten in 4 minutes.
11. Jarrah | February 26th, 2008 at 5:57 am
I just want one!
12. HappyPanda | February 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I hope global warming eliminates that species asap.
13. concernedcitizen | February 26th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
+1 on the nightmares.
Absolutely on my list of creepy crawlers that i would gladly export to Pluto.
CC
14. cuddles | February 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
this is horrifying.
nighmares. i has them.
15. Peter | February 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Photoshopped. And that isnt his real voice.
16. Tiemen | March 2nd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
true, true
None of it is. They’re merely shadows cast by the fire of our imagination.
17. Person | March 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 am
I think I’m going to go imagine something more pleasant. Good Lord.
18. Elias | March 5th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Holy fuck! And right here in Venezuela he said?? I knew we had scalopendras here but didn’t know they could catch bats in mid-air :P
19. GD | March 11th, 2008 at 4:34 am
This has helped me better understand my wife. Thanks for the post.
20. Batman | March 11th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I don’t know why you guys are weirded out.. I’m the one who has the most to lose here!
21. Benji2u | March 12th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Ummm I doubt i’ll ever sleep in a cave while camping again or even venture near one. Good Lord!! I’m what about 163 cm and that thing is about what 1/5 my length @ 35 cm not something I would want to wake up to crawling up my leg. NO SIR!!
22. woundedduck | March 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
that’s no way for a mammal to go out. a pox on ye, damned centipedes!
23. BET | August 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 am
DAMN, NATURE! YOU SCARY!
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