Tiny Mouse, London Style
Centi... that's metric, right?
Speaking of feet, here's what Londoner Aaron Balick found when he tracked down the "mouse" skittering around behind his TV: a 9-inch long centipede, Scolopendra gigantea.
Gotta wonder about the next of kin, and I don't mean Mr. Balick's.
Source: AP on Yahoo.
Speaking of feet, here's what Londoner Aaron Balick found when he tracked down the "mouse" skittering around behind his TV: a 9-inch long centipede, Scolopendra gigantea.
Gotta wonder about the next of kin, and I don't mean Mr. Balick's.Source: AP on Yahoo.
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9/01/2005 11:15:00 AM
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I am thoroughly disgusted by this.
Ain't that a nice specimen too. Imagine getting up in the middle of the night and finding that snacking on the cat food.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It must be confused. It has yet to realise that it's family has been extinct for thousands of years.
"...that's metric, right?"
hee hee hee!
Omar - I agree. The guy might be clamping the poor thing's genitalia for all we know. It's disgusting and wrong.
Anaglyph - Or snacking on the cat...
Lou - Indeed. Something this creepy simply should not exist at this size.
Glo - Well put.
Jen - One might hope so, though I'm thinking if this Thing is anything like normal-sized bugs, its next of kin are (1) plentiful, (2) nearby and (3) breeding.
Scroobious - I hoped you'd catch that. Thanks!
There must be a mad scientist with an atomic enlarging particle beam creating large bugs and such.
Fairly terrifying, but as long as it's not a reptile, I can deal.
EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW
Now excuse me while I go hyperventilate in the corner and try to pretend I never saw this.
Jedith - you seem disturbingly well-informed on this process. I'm not sure I want to know, but are you-- no. Never mind.
Nadia - so it's reptiles, eh? I'll see what I can find.
Cate - believe it or not, I have pretty much the same reaction every time I see this. Okay maybe I'm not hyperventilating as much today. So... *devious smirk* did you notice where this thing was found?!
Just wondering...have you ever seen a millipede?
Most disgusting...this thing...btw.
I would have been standing on the couch screaming in registers deafening to humans and animals alike, if I wasn't doing the screaming while bolting in blind fear out the door and down the road.
Eww.
A - no millipedes, I'm fairly certain. Please don't tell me these monsters exist with even more legs...
Amber - duet, maybe? I'd cover the lower registers. This might make a good studio tool for emo bands.
RaJ - Yeah! More with the emo-dissing!
I may be a bit late on this, but you should know that millipedes certainly do exist. In South Africa, they're also known as shongololos. They're quite cute really, very little, and have an endearing habit of curling themselves up into a tight coil when disturbed.
Lou - understood; we aim to please.
Scroobious - with the exception of certain venomous arachnids and pretty much any member of the far-too-extensive family of cockroaches, I can accept cute for most insects. My ability to perceive cuteness is inversely proportional to size, though, with a sharp fall-off at approximately "thumbnail." I expect the specimen shown here also has some endearing when-disturbed habits, such as trying to sting the life out of its disturber. This wouldn't bother me if the thing didn't appear so... capable.
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