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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 01:27 AM
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Giant centipede 'was escaped pet' (news to think of as you go to sleep)
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 01:32 AM by Digit
Aaron Balick handed over the NINE-inch Scolopendra Gigantea to the Natural History Museum after finding it behind his TV set in Islington, north London.

The largest species of centipede, it was thought it may have arrived from AMERICA in a cargo of fruit.

"The centipede is venomous and potentially dangerous.

Museum entomologist Stuart Hine said he had heard reports of one such creature growing to 18 INCHES in Venezuela.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4207726.stm


....so, if you feel something brush against your leg under the sheets, you can reflect back on this article....

....you're welcome.... ;-)
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 01:29 AM
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1. I'd be tap dancing on that thing!
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:03 AM
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2. THOSE things...
Are what .50 caliber pistols are for! :-)
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 05:05 AM
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3. Ewwwwwww!
:scared:
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