Top 5 BIGGEST Centipedes in the WORLD!

(All drawings done by me)
Giant centipedes are among the arthropod world’s most formidable predators; big, fast and venomous, with a voracious appetite to boot, these fearsome hunters are truly awe-inspiring to witness. There are many centipede species found all over the world that can attain impressively large sizes, and in this video, we’ll be taking a look at some of the centipede world’s ultimate heavyweights.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:28 - Scolopendra dehaani (Vietnamese centipede)
4:06 - Scolopendra alternans (Caribbean giant centipede)
7:25 - Scolopendra galapagoensis (Galapagos centipede)
11:13 - Scolopendra sp. "white leg" (Peruvian white-legged centipede)
14:13 - Scolopendra gigantea (Amazon giant centipede)

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[roysince]

Back when I was 7 years old living in Guyana 🇬🇾 I got bit 3x in a row. We were leaving for a wedding and running late so naturally, you’re being rushed. Every time my grandma yelled at me to put my shoes on I screamed in pain and immediately started crying. What we didn’t know was in my shiny black dress shoes, A GIANT RED/BLACK CENTIPEDE was stinging me as she was scolding me to put my feet in the shoes😂These things are known to bring a grown man down

[Aireskoi]

Gotta love the Tavern Music in the backround. These things you would expect horror music but the Tavern music gives it nice calm contrast to the subject of highly predatory arthropods

[alexisrivas]

A centipede who can take down a bat is impressive. Thank you for another kick ass informational video.

[moploplus]

Centipedes skeeve me the hell out, but simultaneously fascinate me. The fact that they are one of those animals that are such perfect and relentless predators that they haven't evolved for millions of years is incredible and awe inspiring.

Great video!

[AdventureswithAmbrose]

🧑🏽‍🎨 Your illustrations are superb! Thanks for the interesting information and footage of so many huge centipedes!👦🏻

[Scytherwolf]

Love this, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who was amazed by that clip of centipedes catching bats when I was younger

[baldbastardo]

It dipped well below -40C here a few days about a month ago. Whenever i get grumpy about the weather I watch a video such as this and happily bundle up.

[johnparsons]

I just discovered this channel and I absolutely love it

[bahador]

Centipedes are so underrated and such magnificent creatures. Thank you for making this video!

[cosmicdraco]

Damn that spider right at the start, moved so quick. Never seen a tarantula move like it. Centipedes are so awesome.

[twasbrillig]

Extremely informative and INCREDIBLE footage. Your artwork is perfection.

[NursePaco]

This was a good video. I would love to see something like this featuring non-Scolopendrium centipedes. We always get house centipedes where I live and would love to know about their varieties elsewhere.

[KokotoHero-N]

Spiders are bad but centipedes activate every single defensive and offensive response in my body, I would gladly settle on another planet just to dodge the opportunity of crossing paths with one of any size beyond that of a fun size Mars bar.

[kevinpoe]

I know it’s not supposed to be funny, but the way the tarantula just peeled out of there, was really funny 😂

[adrammelechthewroth]

Centipedes are the most badass animals currently living on this planet. I heavily respect them.

[KingKlariTGaming]

"As plain as a TikToker's personality"

[Nuck-FobZz]

My mouth dropped at 11:50.. I'd seen the pictures but in a lot of them I figured people were trying to show off their centipedes, so they'd pull little camera tricks to make them look just a bit larger than they were. That thing at 11:50 is longer than that person's forearm.. Even if that was a child it would be scary, but I have a sneaking suspicion that no child would ever hold something like that.

[mortagon]

No animal on Earth creep me out more than centipedes but they are still fascinating. I'm glad we don't have any species that grow to be more than a couple of inches long here in Norway where I live.

[chaosrieloid]

hell yeah more sick centipede info! i have a preserved dehaani framed in my room and i always wondered how big it is compared to other giant centipedes. good to know it's in the top 5!

[itsOnMARS]

I am utterly terrified of centipedes but I have to say I really enjoyed this video, plenty of information I did not previously know