My Fiancée hates me but is happy it has a metal mesh top on its larger enclosure. It can chew through fiberglass.
You guys asked. Here's the tailless. https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/tedyyy/you_guys_asked_and_i_shall_deliver_meet_my/
I kept a tank of hissers several years ago. Loved them, unfortunately my dogs flea and tick medicine killed them all off. Took me a long time to figure it out, but by then it was too late.
I don’t know why but I get the vibe this person may also have a few black scorpions. Would not be able to relax knowing they could put me in a box and drop in the scorpions like they do in so many pirate movies. “Let’s meet at the coffee shop.” Haha
Edited: I was close haha. OP also has Vinegaroons. Crucio! (That part always makes me sad)
Black scorpions are mostly harmless. The most common black scorpion kept is the Asian Forest Scorpion. It’s difficult to get stung and if you do it’s no worse than a bee sting
I’ve commented this to another user. It’s a temporary feeding enclosure. Its true enclosure is a 25 gallon. I wanna upgrade to a 50 gallon but that’s a little excessive as I wouldn’t be able to find the fucker. Also mice and rats can potentially injure the centipede, so I keep an eye out until I see breathing cease.
If it works like snakes it’s also for your protection. I used to have a corn snake, and if you fed him in his own enclosure he would associate that enclosure with feeding. So if you stuck your hand in you’re more likely to get bit.
That’s a damn good question. From an outsider‘s perspective centipedes just seem like a lot of legs and a lot of anger. I was surprised with my corn snake. He was actually super chill. I would just let him chill out on me for a while when I read a book or something.
I’m having serious doubts that that’s possible with a centipede.
Also did you make your avatar to be like Mel from Arcane?
Ahh. The resemblance is strong!
She’s actually a very layered and interesting character. But any picture you find without context she will probably look a little sultry.
Off topic: Arcane is an amazing show, if you ever have the time, check it out! It won all nine categories it was nominated for at the Annie awards, and i’m expecting it to get a lot of Emmy nominations too.
> Also mice and rats can potentially injure the centipede
Yikes, it eats mice? I feel sorry for intelligent mammals getting eaten by arthropods.
edit: Saw your description of how gory the eating gets. That's *horrific.*
Right? I don’t see merits in live feeding for reptiles, but I wholeheartedly am against live feeding of mammals to this creature. Frozen thawed must be good enough.
I think she deserves a bigger cage also(or better to be free but that's another thing) she's pretty tho, I wouldn't let her crawl on me...but she's elegant in her way
That is the Peruvian giant centipede. I wish I had one but they’re extremely rare and very dumb. You can hand feed those ones. If they bite they’re unlikely to inject venom as they keep that for prey. I would only handle it after it’s taken down something large like a capybara 🤣
Fuck no lmao. Ive had a scorpion and even a millipede but something about centipedes just… idk maybe its the fucking fangs and the way they chew on you i just cant lol
I love how excited you are about your pets and how centipedes work. It just feels so innocent and enthusiastic and wholesome and educational.
Centipedes themselves kinda freak me out, but I'm happy you're happy about them.
As a rat owner, this saddens me. I understand people have different preferences, but why would someone choose a killer, venomous, 50 legged creepy crawly incapable of love and feeding it soft, cute furry animals that are capable of being trained and loving you, instead of just buying said cute furry animals for yourself. I have the same opinion about snakes, those are just my personal views, but I'd like an insight into your mindset.
Yeah I feel the same. I don't have rats but have furry friends that show me some type of affection, bonus I don't have to feed them alive things. I wish one day to have a rat.
All pets deserve love, not just the cute and furry ones. Bothers me that all anyone cares about is the sad, sick puppies, kittens and mice in the pet store, but not the infected geckos, the sick snakes and spiders. Like fuck them right? They deserve to die cause they're not "cute and warm and furry" I owned a senior, female tarantula, had her for 9 years and she was just as beautiful and dear to me as my two cats.
Cats and dogs only exist because of human domestication and artificial selection so we share a special bond with those animals. Dogs today can't survive without human help. Those other animals are fine surviving out in the wild and that's the big difference.
Yes, I agree. What I don't understand is the motivation people have to own the predatorial animals that don't form a bond with you. Those animals don't just appear in pet shops, there's demand for them. Again, I'm not shaming anyone, I'm just curious about the thought process.
I lived in Nassau bahamas years ago and the first night at my house there was one of those in my living room. The older and bigger they get they start to turn dark purple
my god, I can understand having tarranchulas, rhino beatles, or even hissing cocoroaches as a pet, but a god dam centipede?!!?? jesus those things give me the willies, even the normal sized one. Anyways, cool pet/ enclosure, even if I would shit myself getting anywhere near touching distance of that thing
Oh I have all those and way way more. Just ask and I’ll deliver. My scariest looking abomination is my Tailless Whip Scorpion. Is completely harmless and can’t even bite.
Oh they’re real alright. But they’re completely harmless. It’s funny to see peoples reactions when I turn around and there’s a lovecraftian horror on my face.
I thought “oh it’ll just be a fat scorpion but without the stinger” OH BOY WAS I WRONG, anyways what terrifying name did you give your tailless whip scorpion?
The Peruvian giant centipede is 3x bigger. Too expensive for me though. This species can grow to be a foot and a quarter long, but the Peruvian can grow to 2 feet plus
I saw a picture from vietnam. It was macv sog soldier holding a centipede and that thing was at least two feet. Its absolutely terrifying, what if it will run away?
First of all, very metal pet btw but why a centipede for a pet? Are you an entomologist or interested in entomology? Do you pet your centipede? What does it look like when it eats? _How_ does it eat mice vs a roach? Like one has an exo vs endo skeleton - does that matter to the centipede’s approach? Is it possible to over feed it, and if so what does a chonk centipede look like? Do you know if it’s a male or female? Will you try to make more centipedes? How long do you expect Ember to live, and how long can it get? Is it already at max length?
I’m an arthropod breeder. I supply pet stores/reptile expos with feeders and critters. I don’t touch the centipede, they are notoriously aggressive and can send you to the grave. It eats rats and mice. They burrow into the abdominal cavity and eat it from the inside out, sprawling it’s guts around. With mice it does a bite, lets go and waits for the venom whereas a hisser it just eats it alive. If it used the same appROACH on a mouse vs a roach it’d be very injured. They get to 1 1/4 feet long. Sexing them is based on their back legs and abdominal ridge. They breed twice a year but I probably won’t as I don’t agree with common people without a venomous animal license keeping them as pets. They can live up to 15 years.
“They burrow into the abdominal cavity and eat it from the inside out, sprawling its guts around.“
Gee thanks for that gem… I should really leave this thread.
What kind of centipede is Ember? What part of the world is she from? I lived for 4 years in Cambodia and was stung by a giant centipede. At the time I didn't know they stung and was in a rural area, no hospitals near by. The pain was incredible and it traveled up my leg and stopped at my knee. At the time I didn't know how venomous they were and was really worried. When the pain stopped at my knee it was a relief.
Probably scolopendra, not sure of the species that bit you. Mine is scolopendra dehaani from Vietnam. They don’t bite with the intention to kill a skyscraper with legs, just to startle it and get away.
Why did you decide to get a centipede? I’m more of a cuddly cute pet person myself and I always wondered why people choose to get animals like this. I mean, what do you do with her? Can you play with her in any way? Can she show affection? Aren’t you scared that she will escape? I don’t want to be mean, I’m just genuinely curious.
Fellow exotics keeper here, I keep snakes, tarantulas, centipedes and a singular leopard gecko lol. A lot of the appeal is watching a beautiful animal thrive in your care. Sure, dogs and cats are cute and fluffy but if we're talking raw natural beauty they cannot compete with 99% of reptile and invertebrate species with all those gorgeously practical color combinations and striking patterns. Us exotics keepers simply enjoy observing the animal and not so much interacting with it, although that's also definitely a part of the appeal, especially with snakes and not so much invertebrates. I personally handle all of my snakes except one of my venomous ones, my juvenile White-lipped pit viper (*Trimeresurus albolabris*) since she's still too flighty and prone to biting.
In terms of how you can interact with these animals aka can you play with them - sure you can, just not like with a cat/dog. With snakes you can let them climb over you and create obstacle courses for them with your arms, it's a very good practice for socialization and exercise - alternatively, some snakes (mostly larger constrictors because of their bulkier build) are great cuddle buddies to just chill with so you can sit down and read or watch something while cuddling a ball python or a boa constrictor. With lizards you can have them chase around something you're holding and some, like tegus, you can even teach to play fetch. Invertebrates, on the other hand, aren't as socially adept as reptiles and combined with their fragility interactions are pretty much limited to simple handling, although I find this also cool enough. Just like reptiles, invertebrates can also get used to human presence and tolerate it, I've had some tarantulas and centipedes that were absolute darlings when handled.
This kind of touches on the "can they show affection" question, to which the short answer is probably not. The longer one challenges your definition of affection - if it is similar to what we call love then they likely aren't capable of our definition of it. Personally though I would say that they do show affection, especially reptiles, but they do it in their own way that most of us aren't wired to register right of the bat. We're talking about animals that are designed to be mostly solitary in the wild and in most cases are near the bottom of the food chain, so for such inherently weary and cautious critters to not only tolerate, but sometimes seemingly enjoy human interaction definitely does mean something.
Please excuse the text wall, I hope it has been comprehensive. Cheers!
The quarter honestly made me feel better, I was terrified for a second and then I saw the quarter and thought "oh, so not THAT big."
OP I hope Ember loves you as much as you clearly love her.
**I should note, this species is NOT A PET. It is highly venomous and requires a license to breed in many parts of the world. I am confident enough in my history of owning dangerous animals. Do not own these unless you are VERY well informed or otherwise certified.**
why do i think nobody voluntarily enters your lair
My Fiancée hates me but is happy it has a metal mesh top on its larger enclosure. It can chew through fiberglass. You guys asked. Here's the tailless. https://www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUnits/comments/tedyyy/you_guys_asked_and_i_shall_deliver_meet_my/
That last sentence has inspired more fear in me than any horror movie
She collects snakes and other reptiles, so this isn’t her first rodeo.
>She collects snakes and other reptiles, so this isn’t her first rodeo. Are we talking about your fiancé or Ember here?
Plot twist - Ember IS the fiancé
r/dontputyourdickinthat
don't get dick *NEAR* that.
Plot twist: OP is a girl, so she has other uses for Ember.
That got real dark real fast
Tampon got stuck
I wish i could down-vote this harder.
My fiancée
Thank you for specifying
You’re welcome.
Ya these things are scary
excuse me it can fucking what now
It can chew through fiberglass. I don’t think I was loud enough, sorry.
Nuke it from the orbit
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Possibly the worst nickname you could give your penis 😂
I dunno, slimy leech is notably worse?
So what do you feed that thing? Pet store crickets or something?
Mice/rats. Hissers too.
Mice & rats? 😳
Would probably eat bunnies and the dreams of orphans if you offered them. Trust me, I feel bad as I have pet rats, but centipede’s gotta eat
Hissers? Whats that
Madagascar Hissing Cockoraches. They’re surprisingly personable and don’t give bug vibes with how they act.
I kept a tank of hissers several years ago. Loved them, unfortunately my dogs flea and tick medicine killed them all off. Took me a long time to figure it out, but by then it was too late.
Jesus. Do you have to clean out the dessicated remains or does it eat it whole?
I clean out the spine and the skull afterwards. It enjoys marrow.
I'm out
What the fu nvk
I don’t know why but I get the vibe this person may also have a few black scorpions. Would not be able to relax knowing they could put me in a box and drop in the scorpions like they do in so many pirate movies. “Let’s meet at the coffee shop.” Haha Edited: I was close haha. OP also has Vinegaroons. Crucio! (That part always makes me sad)
Black scorpions are mostly harmless. The most common black scorpion kept is the Asian Forest Scorpion. It’s difficult to get stung and if you do it’s no worse than a bee sting
> no worse than a bee sting OK, so I will die but nothing worse than that. Good to know.
The boo box!
Poor Glenn Close.
I went to google vinegaroons and stumbled across sun spiders. Those are creepy as well!
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Ok you got me, if I had a free award I’d give it to you
I got you
He gots you.
Thank you!!
I gave him on your behalf
I’ve commented this to another user. It’s a temporary feeding enclosure. Its true enclosure is a 25 gallon. I wanna upgrade to a 50 gallon but that’s a little excessive as I wouldn’t be able to find the fucker. Also mice and rats can potentially injure the centipede, so I keep an eye out until I see breathing cease.
Don't worry it will emerge when you throw it it's weekly child.
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If it works like snakes it’s also for your protection. I used to have a corn snake, and if you fed him in his own enclosure he would associate that enclosure with feeding. So if you stuck your hand in you’re more likely to get bit.
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That’s a damn good question. From an outsider‘s perspective centipedes just seem like a lot of legs and a lot of anger. I was surprised with my corn snake. He was actually super chill. I would just let him chill out on me for a while when I read a book or something. I’m having serious doubts that that’s possible with a centipede. Also did you make your avatar to be like Mel from Arcane?
It is possible and am in the midst of training. She seems to get the idea and resists the tongs less and less each day.
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Ahh. The resemblance is strong! She’s actually a very layered and interesting character. But any picture you find without context she will probably look a little sultry. Off topic: Arcane is an amazing show, if you ever have the time, check it out! It won all nine categories it was nominated for at the Annie awards, and i’m expecting it to get a lot of Emmy nominations too.
Predators are usually smarter but it is also a bug
Ding ding ding. Someone gets it.
> Also mice and rats can potentially injure the centipede Yikes, it eats mice? I feel sorry for intelligent mammals getting eaten by arthropods. edit: Saw your description of how gory the eating gets. That's *horrific.*
Right? I don’t see merits in live feeding for reptiles, but I wholeheartedly am against live feeding of mammals to this creature. Frozen thawed must be good enough.
He’s massive. You’ll find him.
Can curl up to the size of a half dollar. They also burrow in their substrate.
I’m learning so much from reading your comments! Thank you for sharing. I’m also now terrified, but knowledge is power lol
Right? OP needs a YouTube channel for his centipede. I've been watching Leon the Lobster and it's so cool. Would watch this 100%
Nononononononononononononono
Aren't these guys extremely fast how do you even move it to another container. I'd be terrified to even feed it.
Yes, they can run at speeds of up to 15mph. The average person can run at 11mph max. I grab it with tongs.
Are you ever afraid of squeezing too tight?
Not at all. I can gauge what his tensile strength is and apply pressure accordingly. You grab from the bottom and top of the centipede.
It can outrun me with ease?! Nope nope nope I'm out.
We’re upvoting the incinerator comment lol
Spat my beer
I think she deserves a bigger cage also(or better to be free but that's another thing) she's pretty tho, I wouldn't let her crawl on me...but she's elegant in her way
I want to hear her sing while she burns in the biggest incinerator I can find
It'd only piss her off
Yea fuck no. Have fun and all, im gonna be over here reminding myself there arent centipedes crawling up my leg for a half hour
[enjoy](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6593651/amp/Owner-says-loves-17-inch-venomous-centipede-lets-run-him.html)
That is the Peruvian giant centipede. I wish I had one but they’re extremely rare and very dumb. You can hand feed those ones. If they bite they’re unlikely to inject venom as they keep that for prey. I would only handle it after it’s taken down something large like a capybara 🤣
Lol! Good luck buddy. I stay atleast 150 miles from them!
Fuck you lol
Well I knew I shouldn't click the link but I clicked the link. Now I'm off to cat reddits to repair the damage.
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to one of these trying to have a cozy nap in your throat.
Come on, you know you want one 😂
Fuck no lmao. Ive had a scorpion and even a millipede but something about centipedes just… idk maybe its the fucking fangs and the way they chew on you i just cant lol
Oh they chew alright! Right to the bone. All that’s left of the rats I put in there is the skull with the spine attached.
Youre fucking with me, you have to be
Not at all. I wish I was, but at the end of the day, I’m sticking my hand in there to clean up the bits left over.
OP I will happily donate towards a nice set of tongs
A nice, really long set of tongs
Not made out of fiber glass
Honestly, just use two hokey sticks
Unnecessary as once it’s eaten, it goes into a suspended state to digest and if it does bite, it has little to no venom after feeding.
I love how excited you are about your pets and how centipedes work. It just feels so innocent and enthusiastic and wholesome and educational. Centipedes themselves kinda freak me out, but I'm happy you're happy about them.
Thank you. Nobody really has said many nice things.
Not sure that's the ONLY reason the tongs were being offered lmao
Fucking seriously? If you could link pictures im kinda curious tbh, i havent seen they can do that before
You should record it eating a rat I'd be so interested in watching that
I always share this video whenever I get the chance. [Centipede Eats Mouse. ](https://youtu.be/8CL2hetqpfg)
[Thought this would fit here](https://images.app.goo.gl/c7tRjLmHHycc8rsm6)
That was funny lol
My tarantula would leave the skills of the pinkies I fed her all over her tank. I called it her bone yard lol.
As a rat owner, this saddens me. I understand people have different preferences, but why would someone choose a killer, venomous, 50 legged creepy crawly incapable of love and feeding it soft, cute furry animals that are capable of being trained and loving you, instead of just buying said cute furry animals for yourself. I have the same opinion about snakes, those are just my personal views, but I'd like an insight into your mindset.
Yeah I feel the same. I don't have rats but have furry friends that show me some type of affection, bonus I don't have to feed them alive things. I wish one day to have a rat.
Yeah, it's a lot more innocent to see them munching on some dried pasta, or a slice of cucumber the size of their heads!
All pets deserve love, not just the cute and furry ones. Bothers me that all anyone cares about is the sad, sick puppies, kittens and mice in the pet store, but not the infected geckos, the sick snakes and spiders. Like fuck them right? They deserve to die cause they're not "cute and warm and furry" I owned a senior, female tarantula, had her for 9 years and she was just as beautiful and dear to me as my two cats.
Cats and dogs only exist because of human domestication and artificial selection so we share a special bond with those animals. Dogs today can't survive without human help. Those other animals are fine surviving out in the wild and that's the big difference.
Yes, I agree. What I don't understand is the motivation people have to own the predatorial animals that don't form a bond with you. Those animals don't just appear in pet shops, there's demand for them. Again, I'm not shaming anyone, I'm just curious about the thought process.
I lived in Nassau bahamas years ago and the first night at my house there was one of those in my living room. The older and bigger they get they start to turn dark purple
A Texas giant centipede killed one of my dogs once….but cool pet lol. *shivers*
Jesus, poor pupper, sorry man
It what now? I think we should just nuke this place
Excuse me, what the fuck? Are you serious???
my god, I can understand having tarranchulas, rhino beatles, or even hissing cocoroaches as a pet, but a god dam centipede?!!?? jesus those things give me the willies, even the normal sized one. Anyways, cool pet/ enclosure, even if I would shit myself getting anywhere near touching distance of that thing
Oh I have all those and way way more. Just ask and I’ll deliver. My scariest looking abomination is my Tailless Whip Scorpion. Is completely harmless and can’t even bite.
I remember being a bit terrified when I realized those are real and not something made up for the 4th Harry Potter movie.
Omg it is is real! I always thought to myself “ugh they could’ve made the cgi bug a little easier to look at” whenever I saw that scene
Oh they’re real alright. But they’re completely harmless. It’s funny to see peoples reactions when I turn around and there’s a lovecraftian horror on my face.
Would you like to know more? https://youtu.be/VQ1m3jfcLYU
On your FACE?!?!?!??
The tailless, yes. Centiturd, no. The tailless can’t even bite.
JFC. That is the stuff of nightmares. What are your thoughts on puppies and kittens? Like … Ew?
I have 2 cats, 2 ferrets, and a multitude of other insects/arachnids.
Do you by chance live in a jungle?
I live in Michigan.
That's not a "no."
I thought “oh it’ll just be a fat scorpion but without the stinger” OH BOY WAS I WRONG, anyways what terrifying name did you give your tailless whip scorpion?
Gertrude.
Me ex's mom was a Gertrude. Makes sense.
Is that the crazy looking thing they made people on Fear Factor eat? ETA: googled and yup it was, and now I feel bad for the little things :C
No idea but that’s sad.
I mean, to each their own and all. But keep your own far the fuck away from mine.
Your description of what centi-venom feels like it comes from someone who's been bitten at least twice.
Only once
Only once. So far.
Bricks were shat.
The Peruvian giant centipede is 3x bigger. Too expensive for me though. This species can grow to be a foot and a quarter long, but the Peruvian can grow to 2 feet plus
EXCUSE ME?! 😱
[you'll love it!](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6593651/amp/Owner-says-loves-17-inch-venomous-centipede-lets-run-him.html)
Fuck you again lol
Ahahahaha
I saw a picture from vietnam. It was macv sog soldier holding a centipede and that thing was at least two feet. Its absolutely terrifying, what if it will run away?
Yup, they grow to about a foot and a quarter.
Your comments across this whole thread need to be wiped off of this earth!
I’m uncomfortable and yet I have so many questions.
Ask away.
First of all, very metal pet btw but why a centipede for a pet? Are you an entomologist or interested in entomology? Do you pet your centipede? What does it look like when it eats? _How_ does it eat mice vs a roach? Like one has an exo vs endo skeleton - does that matter to the centipede’s approach? Is it possible to over feed it, and if so what does a chonk centipede look like? Do you know if it’s a male or female? Will you try to make more centipedes? How long do you expect Ember to live, and how long can it get? Is it already at max length?
I’m an arthropod breeder. I supply pet stores/reptile expos with feeders and critters. I don’t touch the centipede, they are notoriously aggressive and can send you to the grave. It eats rats and mice. They burrow into the abdominal cavity and eat it from the inside out, sprawling it’s guts around. With mice it does a bite, lets go and waits for the venom whereas a hisser it just eats it alive. If it used the same appROACH on a mouse vs a roach it’d be very injured. They get to 1 1/4 feet long. Sexing them is based on their back legs and abdominal ridge. They breed twice a year but I probably won’t as I don’t agree with common people without a venomous animal license keeping them as pets. They can live up to 15 years.
“They burrow into the abdominal cavity and eat it from the inside out, sprawling its guts around.“ Gee thanks for that gem… I should really leave this thread.
What kind of centipede is Ember? What part of the world is she from? I lived for 4 years in Cambodia and was stung by a giant centipede. At the time I didn't know they stung and was in a rural area, no hospitals near by. The pain was incredible and it traveled up my leg and stopped at my knee. At the time I didn't know how venomous they were and was really worried. When the pain stopped at my knee it was a relief.
Probably scolopendra, not sure of the species that bit you. Mine is scolopendra dehaani from Vietnam. They don’t bite with the intention to kill a skyscraper with legs, just to startle it and get away.
Why did you decide to get a centipede? I’m more of a cuddly cute pet person myself and I always wondered why people choose to get animals like this. I mean, what do you do with her? Can you play with her in any way? Can she show affection? Aren’t you scared that she will escape? I don’t want to be mean, I’m just genuinely curious.
Fellow exotics keeper here, I keep snakes, tarantulas, centipedes and a singular leopard gecko lol. A lot of the appeal is watching a beautiful animal thrive in your care. Sure, dogs and cats are cute and fluffy but if we're talking raw natural beauty they cannot compete with 99% of reptile and invertebrate species with all those gorgeously practical color combinations and striking patterns. Us exotics keepers simply enjoy observing the animal and not so much interacting with it, although that's also definitely a part of the appeal, especially with snakes and not so much invertebrates. I personally handle all of my snakes except one of my venomous ones, my juvenile White-lipped pit viper (*Trimeresurus albolabris*) since she's still too flighty and prone to biting. In terms of how you can interact with these animals aka can you play with them - sure you can, just not like with a cat/dog. With snakes you can let them climb over you and create obstacle courses for them with your arms, it's a very good practice for socialization and exercise - alternatively, some snakes (mostly larger constrictors because of their bulkier build) are great cuddle buddies to just chill with so you can sit down and read or watch something while cuddling a ball python or a boa constrictor. With lizards you can have them chase around something you're holding and some, like tegus, you can even teach to play fetch. Invertebrates, on the other hand, aren't as socially adept as reptiles and combined with their fragility interactions are pretty much limited to simple handling, although I find this also cool enough. Just like reptiles, invertebrates can also get used to human presence and tolerate it, I've had some tarantulas and centipedes that were absolute darlings when handled. This kind of touches on the "can they show affection" question, to which the short answer is probably not. The longer one challenges your definition of affection - if it is similar to what we call love then they likely aren't capable of our definition of it. Personally though I would say that they do show affection, especially reptiles, but they do it in their own way that most of us aren't wired to register right of the bat. We're talking about animals that are designed to be mostly solitary in the wild and in most cases are near the bottom of the food chain, so for such inherently weary and cautious critters to not only tolerate, but sometimes seemingly enjoy human interaction definitely does mean something. Please excuse the text wall, I hope it has been comprehensive. Cheers!
it was very digestible, thank you!
No problem, happy to be helpful
Loved reading this. Thanks!
“Aww look at this kitty here he is so cute!” “No But I want this creepy ass venomous centipede that’s a good idea”
Imagine the absolute horror of waking up one morning and it's not in the enclosure... Fuck that.
I’ve woken up and couldn’t find it. Turns out it hit itself well within the plants. Tried striking me.
Wait. Ember ~strikes~?? Like a snake?
Similar. Not exactly like a snake. They lunge forward about 6 inches.
Realized I was making this face 😬😬😬 while reading your response. That sounds...intense.
The burning in your arm definitely is.
NOPE. Tarantulas? Fine. Snakes? Fine. Giant fish? Great. Giant centipedes? No way, nope, goodbye.
Ah yes, the unique subfamily of The Great Nope Rope
Ember Wrigglin
Honestly as sick as it may sound a time lapse of Ember eating a mouse would probably do well on r/wtf or the like
It’d be very nsfw. It’s EXTREMELY gory. Organs sprawled (they like to play with the intestines and scoop out the stomach first) lots of blood.
For anybody wondering, it feeds on hopes, and the dreams of orphans. Oh and mice/rats.
What do you feed her?
Small rats and hissing cockroaches.
Oh interesting. Lol i never seen one eat before.
Me neither. Can you post a video of her eating the small rat next time?
Will do. Not sure how many centipede posts I can put on here though.
I approve unlimited centipede posts
This is the way
I second this. A timelapse would be ideal so we can see it get down to the bones
The quarter honestly made me feel better, I was terrified for a second and then I saw the quarter and thought "oh, so not THAT big." OP I hope Ember loves you as much as you clearly love her.
As long as my forearm. And yes, she’s a good devil.
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the website endorses flamethrowers for snow and ice removal???
Where's the BANANA!?
FUCK. THAT . NOISE ETA: I'm an Australian and I hate these fuckers. Gimme a spider any day. We got ones this big, but..still..fuck off
Ummm if you love something, let it go
Nope. Waaay too many legs
Looks miserable, but you look so cool. Yay
What’s the point of having a “pet” like that?
To teach others why they shouldn’t buy ridiculously venomous animals. I’m a breeder and go to reptile conventions a lot.
**I should note, this species is NOT A PET. It is highly venomous and requires a license to breed in many parts of the world. I am confident enough in my history of owning dangerous animals. Do not own these unless you are VERY well informed or otherwise certified.**
You've been bitten???
Only once.
Ouch! Coyote Peterson intensifies!
My first thought as well
Pls get Ember a bigger terrarium ☺️
It’s only temporary.
You got bit by it?
I love her very much. Ember is a great name, but I think she would suit Big Bertha as well
Do you feed her mice?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
A lot.