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02-11-2007, 10:29 AM
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centipedes?
are there any centepedes on the dwa list?
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02-11-2007, 10:48 AM
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kool, jus checkin, as i gt 1 an wanted 2 b double sure, after some reasearch its a Tanzanian Yellow-Legged nasty thisng jumps at everything tryin 2 bite it...lol cheers
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02-11-2007, 08:07 PM
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But don't let it bite you. The giant pedes have a very nasty bite.
They are also very very fast, try to keep it in a fauna tub with sides higher than the pede is long. You can use glass tubs but they have been known to climb the bead of silicone and push lids up. I keep mine in the fauna tubs because it makes them much safer to deal with. Try not to handle it, or get your fingers anywhere near it, just in case. The african ones aren't as bad as the asian ones but still pretty painful by all accounts. It is sometimes possible to handle the odd one, but care must be taken and you must be prepared for the worst just in case. Mike
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02-11-2007, 08:44 PM
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there bite is simlar to getting hit by a train. LOL
Slight exaggeration but some species can cause pretty powerful bites, simlar to smaller viper bites!
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02-11-2007, 08:55 PM
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You might want to read this.....the bit by "gphx" - this guy is an experienced professional handler and he recommends try not to handle at all. It's a bit long but quite interesting. The previous page holds a personal description of the results when one guy deliberately got his Scolopendra sp. to bite him (not sensible in my book!). Just to give an idea....
Giant Centipede Handling - Page 6 - Arachnoboards
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04-11-2007, 07:05 PM
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Scolopendrons are especially nasty. Theres at least one recorded fatality. As far as i know the bite was to the chest, which pretty much fell out through necrosis-type effects..
little work has been done on the composition, variation or effects of centipede venoms, which is probably the reason they're not on DWA... no one knows just how nasty they are... If they're what you're into then great... but be really careful 
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04-11-2007, 07:14 PM
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I heard of a fataility to a little girl, she got bitten on the neck apparently, I cant remember where I read it, on arachnoboards maybe, it was in the wild though in the country it came from.
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04-11-2007, 07:22 PM
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Funny you should say that, i was chatting to a mate about them earlier this week and he said he'd heard of a little girl that died from a scolo bite.... guess he was right!
Scolos tend to hunt by hanging with the top half of their body free in the air, grabbing any thing that comes in contact with it... so i guess thats how she got bitten on the neck... some of the big caves dwelling ones eat birds and bats... its insane.... while on the subject of scolos.... if anyone wants any PM me as i have a friend who has had a shipment in from malaysia....
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