Comment on legs to die for

• Land_Strider@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.

  They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn’t know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:

  House centipedes have been observed to groom their legs by curling around and grooming them with their forcipules.

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Forcipules are the modified, pincer-like, front legs of centipedes that are used to inject venom into prey. They are the only known examples of front legs acting as venom injectors.

    Thank goodness

    Also the image is

    :::spoiler cursed: Image Image :::

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  • sverit@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T?

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• brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Its small forcipules have difficulty penetrating

  Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo

  Thems “silverfish” or naw?

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Naw, silverfish look like this.

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