nieceandtows ( @nieceandtows@programming.dev ) English42•9 months agoThey don’t scare you enough? Imagine them as Eldritch abominations.
Nougat ( @Nougat@fedia.io ) 32•9 months agoLimousine spider.
They also appear to be smart, aggressive, and territorial. I have been chased by several. And I have run away with great haste.
chatokun ( @chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English6•9 months agoOdd, I’ve had several in my room in my last place, but they didn’t seem territorial or aggressive to humans. Sometimes too close I’d worry I’d hurt it but other than that…
Pandantic [they/them] ( @Pandantic@midwest.social ) English13•9 months agoI think these bois, much like “spider crickets”, get a lot of flack because their legs are TOO DAMN LONG! They’re cool dudes, but something about those weirdly long legs…
FarFarAway ( @FarFarAway@startrek.website ) English9•9 months agoI was in college before I saw one. I grew up with giant 8" long centipedes, but this guy freaked me out more than I can say. Couldn’t even tell it was a centipede. Might as well have been an alien.
Gag.
Freaky motherfookers
Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) English4•9 months agoit’s the legs and speed that do it, normal centipedes are plenty freaky but the fact that the legs are stubbier makes them much more managable, they’re more like seeing a wild rat.
rimjob_rainer ( @rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•9 months agoI didn’t even know they existed until I had one in my apartment around 5 years ago. Now that I’ve bought a house I see them regularly in my basement.
rockerface 🇺🇦 ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) English9•9 months agoCentipedes with legs? Believe it or not, straight to Dark Souls
TheOakTree ( @TheOakTree@lemm.ee ) English5•9 months agoYOU DIED
sverit ( @sverit@lemmy.ml ) English1•9 months agoSkill issue!
OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) English8•9 months agoI’m not really scared of them, but I do have a visceral reaction to them. Something about them makes me want to vomit. Or, maybe it’s a level of fear I don’t recognize because I go from 0 to vomit and wanting to claw my eyes out real quick.
Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) English7•9 months agoit’s wild because humans are supposed to have this sort of reaction programmed into us for snakes, but i’m absolutely fine with snakes and even find some of them quite cute!
but anything with long thin legs? incinerate it in nuclear hellfire
Ioughttamow ( @Ioughttamow@kbin.run ) 6•9 months agoA few of these lithe fellows and Moria would still be the crowning jewel of the misty mountains
CO5MO ✨ ( @c0smokram3r@midwest.social ) English5•9 months agoNow I’m packing my bugs for the misty mountains 🎶
Shhalahr ( @Shhalahr@beehaw.org ) English6•9 months agoSilverfish. They eat silverfish, and that is why I am on Team Silverware.
Krauerking ( @Krauerking@lemy.lol ) English5•9 months agoI caught one trying to be in my bathroom and decided to be “nice” by tossing it into my basement.
Down there the entire floor had been sprayed with insect repellent from signs of fleas and roaches, there has been signs of mice and lord knows what else down there too.
2 days later I found it dead having made it all the way to the staircase. Definitely one of the strongest showings in the Gauntlet but not strong enough.
nxdefiant ( @nxdefiant@startrek.website ) English3•9 months agowhat the fuck are you gonna do the first time something makes it up the stairs? I hope you have a flamethrower ready.
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English3•9 months agoThat’s so mean :'(
businessfish ( @businessfish@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English5•9 months agoall they need to do is stop being so scary and we can be chillin
Semjaza ( @Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ) English5•9 months agoWhile centipedes are fine, I’ve always been much more of a milipede fan.
cordlesslamp ( @cordlesslamp@lemmy.today ) English5•9 months agongl, I think millipede is kinda cute. I’m thinking about building a terrarium tank and keep a few of them as pet.
herrcaptain ( @herrcaptain@lemmy.ca ) English3•9 months agoIt’s weird how when they have even more legs somehow they become less creepy. I guess it’s because they have to pack them in so tight and it starts to almost become cute.
WhoaDang ( @WhoaDang@reddthat.com ) English8•9 months ago herrcaptain ( @herrcaptain@lemmy.ca ) English5•9 months agoYou know, until you posted this comic I never really put it together that millipedes are generally not predators. I guess that also explains why I’ve always instinctively found them less scary than centipedes.
WhoaDang ( @WhoaDang@reddthat.com ) English5•9 months agoYep, millipedes are chill and mostly munch on dead plant material. Centipedes, on the other hand, are carnivorous little demons straight from a nightmare.
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English1•9 months agoWell, the only “evidence” in the video is the commentator repeatedly saying that these centipedes are creepy and horrible. But they also mention how important their role in the ecosystem is. So, I think it is a pretty cool animal! But I don’t get why people would be creeped out by centipedes in the first place.
Semjaza ( @Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ) English7•9 months agoI’ll say it: milipedes are cute.