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crazyfrog
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 Posted: 08/31/05 - 13:42 Post subject: cool! (warning: big bug alert!)
British Natural History Museum expert Stuart Hine displays a giant centipede that was found in a north London home. Aaron Balick, 32, trapped the venomous creature in a plastic box after he found it behind his TV and took it to the Natural History Museum. There, experts identified it as "Scolopendra gigantea" -- the world's largest species of centipede. The creature measured nine inches long by just under an inch wide, not including its legs. It normally lives in South America and the Caribbean. Its sting can cause a blistering rash, nausea and a temperature, and in rare cases, death.
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 13:44 Post subject:
Oh.my.god. That is the bug that was crawling my ass a couple months ago.  That one is a bit bigger though.
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cdnhollywood
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 13:50 Post subject: Re: cool! (warning: big bug alert!)
| Quote: | | trapped the venomous creature in a plastic box after he found it behind his TV |
Behind his tv?!?
That is exactly why I live in Canada. The worst I have to put up with is mosquitos and snow.
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TimRuns
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 13:52 Post subject:
My uncle got bitten by one on the butt while sitting on the toilet bowl...this was in Singapore...
His butt hurt for days after...
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airehead
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 14:40 Post subject:
Wow. I would have peed my pants first.
Oh and Tim: hence the old saying, "Look before you leak". 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 14:50 Post subject:
Is he holding it up with chopsticks?
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jrjo
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 15:27 Post subject:
That does it.
This thread alone has nuked off my life list of places to visit, London, South America, the Caribbean and Singapore. 
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 16:16 Post subject:
OH DUDEette!!! that is supah kewl. i'd be the one going to cath it with a set of tweezers. i like that stuff Froggy.
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 08/31/05 - 20:16 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | OH DUDEette!!! that is supah kewl. i'd be the one going to cath it with a set of tweezers. i like that stuff Froggy. |
i figured someone would!
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 10:01 Post subject:
| crazyfrog wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | OH DUDEette!!! that is supah kewl. i'd be the one going to cath it with a set of tweezers. i like that stuff Froggy. |
i figured someone would! |
I was the guy catching scorpians by lab forceps when stationed in Bolivia. Yes everyone else was like with me regarding that little bit.
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