another pede for me!!

Nice pede, carefull he dont give you a bite, thats a hospital visit for sure :D

No, not really, they aren't that bad. It hurts like a son of a gun but won't land you in the hospital unless you have an allergic reaction... which is unlikely.

However, that's not to say that you should test that just to see for yourself. :O :D

Hm.. I'm interested to see how they hunt. Sounds pretty impressive.

Can they climb up glass at all? I'd guess no, but I'm curious.. (it'd make them more scary if they could)

No, they can not climb smooth surfaces, however, they can stretch real well, simular to how scorpions do by standing on their tails.
Hunting depends on the particular pede. I've had several of different species and some would actually go out for a full on attack while others would lay in wait for the prey to come to them, then they'd lunge, bite and curl their bodies around it, holding it with their legs.
Seeing it is pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Hm.. I'm interested to see how they hunt. Sounds pretty impressive.

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here's and idea:

this is the same vietnamese pede that i have (not my vid though)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mS-0QfwjHA

Pretty creepy. I don't think I could watch one eat a mouse (saw some links to such vids on youtube)

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Pretty creepy. I don't think I could watch one eat a mouse (saw some links to such vids on youtube)

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haha yeah i was gonna post a link to one, but i thought it might've been too graphic.

I had to watch one as I was utterly fascinated to learn that some centipedes actually fed on mice.... :O . I have to say it was really cool, they use their font 20 or so legs to put up a "cage" like device around the mouse as they feast. I don't think it would be that horrible for the mouse however, I think the paralyzing venom would take away most of the pain right away and the kill wouldn't be any more unpleasant than getting ate by a snake. Their was a video titled "Centipede eviscerates a mouse" however, I didn't bother to click that one lol.

See its weird- giant centipeads dont freak me out.. But common house centipeads are my worst damn nightmare...

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Originally Posted by mischevious21

See its weird- giant centipeads dont freak me out.. But common house centipeads are my worst damn nightmare...

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Think of them this way:
When you see one, it is ridding your house of all sorts of other bugs that would annoy the heck out of you WORSE... so they are kind of like little in home exterminators. ;)