▲ 840 ▼ legs to die for (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 119 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Cypher@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years 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 cursed: permalink fedilink source parent [–] sverit@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T? permalink fedilink source parent [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its small forcipules have difficulty penetrating Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo Thems “silverfish” or naw? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Naw, silverfish look like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years 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 cursed: permalink fedilink source parent [–] sverit@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years 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 cursed: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sverit@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its small forcipules have difficulty penetrating Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo Thems “silverfish” or naw? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Naw, silverfish look like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Naw, silverfish look like this. permalink fedilink source parent
