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legs to die for (mander.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Insects have 6 legs. If I had to guess its a centipede drawn with too many legs per segment.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

Commonly known as a house or carpet centipede.

The drawing is pretty accurate.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've encountered these guys all my life. They are mostly small skittering puffy-stretches at a glance, but sometimes they can look like their red headed larger and snake-eating relatives at 4-5cm lengths.

They are extremely soft to the touch, as if a very light breeze just brushed off your arm hair. What I didn't know is that they are like cats in this behaviour:

House centipedes have been observed to groom their legs by curling around and grooming them with their forcipules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

They are extremely soft to the touch W H A T?

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