# We caught an Amazonian Giant Centipede in our vacation house **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249 "2023-04-06T13:04:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/61 "2023-04-13T03:07:26Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@Tibby](#): > > > > I’m also trying to find a grocery store I can shop at buck naked, but haven’t succeeded yet. > > What, you’re too good for Amazon delivery? Don’t look, Alexa! With apologies to **[Ray Stevens - “The Streak” (Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzoUu7w-YM)** > [@Cervaise](#): > > Update, the centipede returned (or one very like it). Now that would freak out the adults, much less the kids. > [@Cervaise](#): > > Five more impacts were required to incapacitate the beast, and two further to achieve bisection. This is not a fragile organism.) Good to know. And congrats for having the self-presence to manage the situation to a successful one-sided (albeit three-parted 🙂 ) conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/62 "2023-04-13T11:25:34Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > the centipede returned Wow. I’ve spent a week or two on the island for the past 16 years (my gf 8 years more) and we’ve _never_ seen anything like this centipede. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/63 "2023-04-13T12:02:17Z")
Yeah, I think it’s time to kill it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/64 "2023-04-14T01:46:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > we’ve _never_ seen anything like this centipede Lucky us, I guess. We also had a very large iguana randomly die in our garden. Two days later, that is … a _distinctive_ odor. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/65 "2023-04-14T11:26:53Z")
Friar’s Bay beach, at Kali’s beach bar they sometimes have stewed iguana. There’s very little meat, but what there is tastes like chicken. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/66 "2023-04-14T14:17:14Z")
[You think _you_ got problems.](https://youtu.be/26fUY8gnIQc?t=63) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/67 "2023-04-14T19:54:56Z")
And look what I caught in the swimming pool this morning! [![](https://i.imgur.com/EsYfvow.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EsYfvow.jpeg) Much smaller than the first one, only about four or five inches. The kids have announced they are done swimming this trip. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/68 "2023-04-14T20:26:00Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The kids have announced they are done swimming this trip. Clearly they are attracted to your daughters and want to be adopted and taken home for treats and cuddles 🙂. Like happy, gamboling puppies just looking for affection. I mean at the end of the day is there really any significant difference? [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/66/85/c766851139a715df7265ae51e9564ca1.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/66/85/c766851139a715df7265ae51e9564ca1.jpg) [![](https://a-z-animals.com/media/2021/10/CentipedeFace.jpg) ](https://a-z-animals.com/media/2021/10/CentipedeFace.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/69 "2023-04-14T20:32:35Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > And look what I caught in the swimming pool this morning! This is how horror movies always start. A few innocuous incidents that are laughed off. Next up, some authority assuring us there’s nothing to worry about. And next thing you know, we’re all starring in “Night of 100 Legs”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/70 "2023-04-14T20:43:55Z")
Perhaps you could get a pro-rata discount from the landlord. As in $_X_ per leg per sighting, where _X_ is itself a largish number. Times of course the totally unreasonable number of legs you’ve seen. Times 3 or 4 people. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/71 "2023-04-14T20:53:41Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > After depositing it in the yard, I slammed a large wedge-shaped stone onto it, edge first. It responded by shrugging off the blow and turning back toward me with murderous intent. Five more impacts were required to incapacitate the beast, and two further to achieve bisection. This illustrates exactly why humans developed tool use–to smash creepy crawlies. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/72 "2023-04-14T22:03:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You think _you_ got problems. I saw that film in the theater when I was a kid and it scared the holy crap outta me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/73 "2023-04-14T22:46:34Z")
Did you have one of the wired seats? That would have been… an experience. I first saw it on B&W TV (no color seqs), at 4 in the afternoon, in my folks club basement on a bright and sunny day and when that mook started tossing that hatchet around I was wondering if they were going to have to call the rubber truck for me. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/74 "2023-04-14T23:24:05Z")
Huge difference! The first photo of the pup with the orange hair reminds me of Donald Trump, about to yell, _“you’re fired!”_ 😡 The second photo reminds me of my dearly departed granny about to embrace me in her loving fangs arms 💕. I’ll take #2, please. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/75 "2023-04-15T02:39:52Z")
Apparently giant Amazonian giant centipedes aren’t deterred by loud screams. They’ve probably evolved not to care. Or maybe it _excites_ them. 😵‍💫 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/76 "2023-04-16T07:42:17Z")
Me, I would have just walked out the door and opened a thread titled “ **A GIANT AMAZONIAN CENTIPEDE JUST CAUGHT US IN HIS VACATION HOUSE**.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/77 "2023-04-16T10:58:34Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “ **A GIANT AMAZONIAN CENTIPEDE JUST CAUGHT US IN HIS VACATION HOUSE**.” More accurately, an animal was minding it’s business, living as best it could in it’s natural environment that has been infested with humanity, when some invader there for entertainment decided to chop it up for not being pretty. (Other people then applaud the action of killing things that they don’t think are pretty.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/78 "2023-04-16T21:34:13Z")
I bet the late centipede’s Mom thought he/she was the pick of the litter. And the spittin’ image of her dearly departed Uncle Many-feet. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/79 "2023-04-16T22:19:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And the spittin’ image of her dearly departed Uncle Many-feet. A mixed family? > **[Death from disorder: scientists uncover secret of the velvet worm’s...](https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/death-from-disorder-scientists-uncover-secret-of-the-velvet-worms-quick-setting-slime)** > > Death from disorder: scientists uncover secret of the velvet worm’s quick-setting slime ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249/80 "2023-04-22T22:10:47Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > reared up its head, and bared its … whatever its bitey bits are called. They are called [forcipules](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcipule), not to be confused with [chelicerae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae), which are more an arachnid thing, I believe. Some are hollow, like hipodermic needles, to inject venom, both in centipedes and spiders (and scorpions). Nice specimen you found there, pity it had to be sacrificed. But I understand that adopting it and bringing it back home would have been againt the [CITES](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES) convention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-caught-an-amazonian-giant-centipede-in-our-vacation-house/982249.md?page=5)