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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: Glyn on September 01, 2005, 12:11:01

Title: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Glyn on September 01, 2005, 12:11:01
(http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/9514/centre4av.jpg) (http://imageshack.us) :o
                              "Come to Daddy"
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Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 01, 2005, 12:41:10
What a gorgeous specimen!
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Post by: wardy on September 01, 2005, 14:55:21
This was on the news yesterday  :o
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Post by: daisymay on September 01, 2005, 19:37:56
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on September 01, 2005, 12:41:10
What a gorgeous specimen!

the man or the bug??

though not sure I would agree on either count!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Glyn on September 01, 2005, 20:44:11
Quotethough not sure I would agree on either count!
Fussy eh?
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 01, 2005, 22:28:58
The bug! I wonder where it came from.
Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Glyn on September 01, 2005, 22:36:38
Sorry, should have included the text.
America Robert.
 
"Thinking it was a mouse, I went to investigate the sound. The sound was coming from under some papers which I lifted, expecting to see the mouse scamper away," the 32-year-old psychotherapist said Wednesday. "Instead, when I lifted the papers, I saw this prehistoric looking animal skitter away behind a stack of books."

He trapped the 9-inch-long creature between a stack of books and put it in a plastic container.

The next day he took it to Britain's Natural History Museum, which identified the insect as a Scolopendra gigantea â€" the world's biggest species of centipede.

Stuart Hine, an entomologist at the museum, said it was likely the centipede hitched a ride aboard a freighter, likely with a shipment of fruit.

"Dealing with over 4,000 public and commercial inquiries every year, we have come to expect the unexpected. However, when Aaron produced this beast from his bag I was staggered," Hine said. "Not even I expected to be presented with this."

The Scolopendra gigantea has front claws that are adapted to deliver venom when it stings, which can lead to a blistering rash, nausea and fever. The sting is rarely life-threatening, but painful. :o


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Post by: Icyberjunkie on September 01, 2005, 22:54:05
That picture should be sent to Lottie ASAP  lmao!!!!   ;D
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Post by: undercarriage plan on September 02, 2005, 07:55:56
(http://bestsmileys.com/fainting/1.gif)
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Post by: Marianne on September 13, 2005, 20:47:11
Eeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!!!!  :o :o :o :o

I'm glad I live in England !

Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Glyn on September 13, 2005, 21:00:24
QuoteI'm glad I live in England !
Marianne- "That was in England"
;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Marianne on September 13, 2005, 21:17:07
Glyn - You HAVE to be joking !!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Glyn on September 13, 2005, 21:23:38
 :o :o "No Marianne" :o :o....The Bloke with the Beastie on his arm is the owner..bought from some pet store North of England way?
:o :o :o :o
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Post by: Bambi.1 on September 13, 2005, 22:20:08

Wow! that's big  :o LOL!
Title: Re: What's that behind the couch?
Post by: Marianne on September 14, 2005, 08:15:34
I am glad I live in the South East of England then Glyn!  ;) ;) ;D

I have never seen those in our local pet shops down here !  :o
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