Topic: Guess what I just found on my bed! (plus unrelated YouTube videos)

[WindAndConfusion]

One of these getting eaten by one of these*!

On account of this, I will be staying awake the rest of tonight. And the rest of every other night, as well.

Here are some YouTube videos:
shockingly dorky
shockingly awesome

I'll let you all know when I go insane from the lack of sleep.

*My inner entomologist demands I say I'm not sure about the species.

[WindAndConfusion]

And here's a virtual centipede head (button in lower-left).

[PyroMenace]

   Well this goes way over my head.

[TheOtherBelmont]

Hahaha just don't imagine an earwig actually going in your ear....oh shit that probably doesn't help.  It also would have been crazy if you were asleep and they battled on your face, the loser falling into your mouth.  That's pretty crazy though, I have never seen an earwig or a house centipede in any place I have lived before.  I have seen huge water roaches here and there when it rains.  I remember one time a water roach crawled onto the back of my hand when I was falling asleep and I smashed the back of my hand into the wall where it made a pretty big splat.

[WindAndConfusion]

Hahaha just don't imagine an earwig actually going in your ear....oh shit that probably doesn't help. 

Actually, I've read hospital reports about that happening (with more insects than just earwigs, even!). The really interesting thing is that many insects can't move backwards very well (or at all), so they easily get stuck in narrow passages... like human ears. Instead they keep trying to crawl forward, causing potentially serious damage to the inner ear canal. (Most people stick their fingers in their ears before that happens - which kills the bug, stops the scratching, and makes a disgusting mess.)

That's about when these people show up in the ER, bringing much delight to the doctors and nurses.

Also, where do you live that there are no earwigs? I'm moving there.

[TheOtherBelmont]

I live in San Marcos, Texas (about 15-20 mins from Austin).  According to this article they are somewhat common here.  Also in my last post, by place I meant, my actual house/apartment I have lived in, I've seen them outside before, just not actually inside.

[Raisa]

One of these getting eaten by one of these*!

centipedes are poisonous...  die!!

[beo]

centipedes are poisonous...  die!!

really? are you sure?

[poomcgoo]

Grimey.  Clean your damn bed.

[Raisa]

yes. it's the milipedes that aren't poisonous..they just stink.

my adopted sis got bitten by a centipede when she was 10, she was rushed to the hospital.

[sirean_syan]

My brother apparently was bitten on the face by a centipede in Thailand last year (I've heard the story was he got really drunk and fell asleep on the ground... outside). Supposedly his head swelled up like a balloon for a good number of days and after a visit to the hospital.

[K-man]

Yeah, a centipede bite from a general garden centipede or even a house centipede (I kill at least one a week) is comparable to a beesting.

Now the centipedes that can kill and eat rats, those bites have to be much worse.