Comment on House Centipedes

• Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  it’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(”

  but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.

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  • averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      its actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.

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      • averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That’s even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.

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