They don't scare you enough? Imagine them as Eldritch abominations.
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Limousine spider.
They also appear to be smart, aggressive, and territorial. I have been chased by several. And I have run away with great haste.
Odd, I've had several in my room in my last place, but they didn't seem territorial or aggressive to humans. Sometimes too close I'd worry I'd hurt it but other than that...
I think these bois, much like “spider crickets”, get a lot of flack because their legs are TOO DAMN LONG! They’re cool dudes, but something about those weirdly long legs…
Centipedes with legs? Believe it or not, straight to Dark Souls
YOU DIED
Skill issue!
I was in college before I saw one. I grew up with giant 8" long centipedes, but this guy freaked me out more than I can say. Couldn't even tell it was a centipede. Might as well have been an alien.
Gag.
Freaky motherfookers
it's the legs and speed that do it, normal centipedes are plenty freaky but the fact that the legs are stubbier makes them much more managable, they're more like seeing a wild rat.
I didn't even know they existed until I had one in my apartment around 5 years ago. Now that I've bought a house I see them regularly in my basement.
I'm not really scared of them, but I do have a visceral reaction to them. Something about them makes me want to vomit. Or, maybe it's a level of fear I don't recognize because I go from 0 to vomit and wanting to claw my eyes out real quick.
it's wild because humans are supposed to have this sort of reaction programmed into us for snakes, but i'm absolutely fine with snakes and even find some of them quite cute!
but anything with long thin legs? incinerate it in nuclear hellfire
A few of these lithe fellows and Moria would still be the crowning jewel of the misty mountains
Now I’m packing my bugs for the misty mountains 🎶
Silverfish. They eat silverfish, and that is why I am on Team Silverware.
While centipedes are fine, I've always been much more of a milipede fan.
ngl, I think millipede is kinda cute. I'm thinking about building a terrarium tank and keep a few of them as pet.
It's weird how when they have even more legs somehow they become less creepy. I guess it's because they have to pack them in so tight and it starts to almost become cute.
You know, until you posted this comic I never really put it together that millipedes are generally not predators. I guess that also explains why I've always instinctively found them less scary than centipedes.
Yep, millipedes are chill and mostly munch on dead plant material. Centipedes, on the other hand, are carnivorous little demons straight from a nightmare.
Well, the only "evidence" in the video is the commentator repeatedly saying that these centipedes are creepy and horrible. But they also mention how important their role in the ecosystem is. So, I think it is a pretty cool animal! But I don't get why people would be creeped out by centipedes in the first place.
I'll say it: milipedes are cute.
I caught one trying to be in my bathroom and decided to be "nice" by tossing it into my basement.
Down there the entire floor had been sprayed with insect repellent from signs of fleas and roaches, there has been signs of mice and lord knows what else down there too.
2 days later I found it dead having made it all the way to the staircase. Definitely one of the strongest showings in the Gauntlet but not strong enough.
That's so mean :'(
what the fuck are you gonna do the first time something makes it up the stairs? I hope you have a flamethrower ready.
all they need to do is stop being so scary and we can be chillin