# The ancient pact between man and beast has been rent asunder

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158 "2018-10-18T18:31:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158/21 "2018-10-20T14:19:50Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> TLDR: he squashed a bug.

You would render Rembrandt a paint-by-numbers drudge.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158/22 "2018-10-20T14:39:36Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> TLDR: he squashed a bug.

> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> Centipedes… meh…
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> If you want an insect with ATTITUDE, it’s the so-called ‘Parktown prawn’, named for the suburb of Parktown in Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s actually a species of king cricket, nothing to do with prawns, except for its bright orange color. They are the most excessively and disgustingly HORRIBLE insects. They can be up to 3 or 4 inches long, and more with their long gangly legs and antennae, and they look [like this](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Libanasidus_vittatus01.jpg).

Bug you say? Insect?

Nay, though hard of shell, though antennae adorned, the centipede is no insect. It strides into the world, it’s namesake far surpassing mere six legs, from the noble class _Chilopoda_. Shame on your all for sullying that name. Curses of a hundred count would fail to avenge the damage so casually tossed its way.

Slay the creature, but do not smear the name as one would smear its guts!

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-pact-between-man-and-beast-has-been-rent-asunder/823158/23 "2018-10-20T15:00:49Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Awoken one night by the horror of the void-like nature of existence (and also my bladder), I stumbled into the dim, flickering light of the hallway… and saw it. A creeping abomination, as big as a baby’s foot, nothing but legs and pincers and hairlike protrusions, hailing from the pit of the deepest Hades, defying the laws of nature itself, clinging to the walls and even the roof above my head.

I hear you, brother.

I just got called by a terror-stricken Mrs. J.

**THERE’S A CATERPILLAR IN THE BASEMENT!!!**

Sure enough, an enormous creature was crawling across the basement floor, clad in furry black and brown, waving its head knowingly as we gazed in horror.

I cunningly captured it and relegated it to the great outdoors.

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