Terrifying Scutigera Encounter in Caves | Deadly 60 | BBC Earth Explore

Scutigera, the long legged centipede, it's as dangerous as it is scary looking thanks to its venom, which makes it a formidable hunter.


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[akhsdenlew]

And this is why, FIRE is one of the most, if not THE most important "discovery" of the human.

[rossh]

"Im taking a lot of care not to get bitten..."

Yeah...no you're not lmao

[Omar-bxwq]

If I ever saw that thing crawling on me my soul would leave my body.

[gabbathehut]

This is actually the scariest creature i've ever seen, genuine nightmare fuel

[leftyjoness]

"It can grow as long as my forearm."
EXCUSE ME, WHAT?!

[iamasalad]

When even he is creeped out by something it's certaintly one of the scariest creatures imaginable.

[raz]

A nasty insect with a name that is cool enough to be used for an Italian sports car lol

[jaridkeen]

I would have to wear a hazmat suit to go in there

[TokenFanatic]

Selling flamethrowers in the comments section. $5

[Kibaoftheleaves]

The only thing that would make them scarier would be if they screamed at you in Latin.

[PSIOnTheDaily]

Oh, I saw one of these at camp once.

I was 9. I’m now 30.

I never forgot.

._.

[scomdnz]

Nothing encourages to keep my place clean like this video.

[bofaboy]

Who else had a heart attack when you saw that other thing go under his arm

[hellsingmongrel]

OMG, when the one ran across his arm, I actually jumped and gasped! 😖😟

[alphaviki]

Ok for anyone interested, I did a bit of quick research and these are Thereuopoda longicornis, native to Australia (They are Scutigeridae, but not Scutigera. That makes a big difference, because Scutigera is mostly harmless, but Scutigeridae has a long list of different venom proteins attributed to it, where it is also mostly unknown what they do. I sadly could not find how dangerous the centipede is in the end, but likely more dangerous than Scutigera whose venom has been compared to a beesting.

[XavierAncarno]

I think it’s time to leave this planet.... *Bye*

[thamor]

"I'm being very careful not being bitten" ---> proceeds to put his finger close to them...

[CuriousConnoisseurs]

When Spiders suddenly turn into Beautiul Creatures.

[bLacKliStD]

It looks like those things from the matrix that try to get into your belly button

[Akirilus]

Yea i had the garden variety of centipede that looked quite similar to that one but like half the size, on my wall a few days ago, too bad ... i liked that house.