Help me remember - weird bug with a weird name?

We have one as a pet. Harmless doesn’t even begin to describe how shy and timid it is. You couldn’t make it bite you if you wanted to.

Go to hell.

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It gets worse…that link gives no indication of scale…the bloody things are as big as an adult human hand.

Amblypygi? I ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ amblypygi.

For your consideration: this article said they come out at night, so watch your step. On the other hand:

Dammit. Another idea for a low-budget horror movie squelched by science.

that’s my cue…

Doodlebug?

Picture.

I haven’t been by The Oatmeal in quite a while; time for a visit–Thanks k dad!

Sounds like the Ceti eel.

Eating them was a regular stunt on Fear Factor.

Ferreals? How’d you acquire one, and what care does it need?

Bought it online. Its about the size of a quarter. Juvenile.

We feed it Drosophila fruit flies (I have a never ending supply of them in lab). Its kept in a vivarium.

Ugh. Those people are not eating them for protein or for survival or even for flavor – they’re just killing them as part of a gross-out stunt for amusement. Basically equivalent to dogfighting. What’s wrong with people?