House Centipede facts: not as nightmare inducing as they seem | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover probably the most terrifying animals to walk this earth.

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[TheBobIsComing]

i used to keep one i found in my bathroom as a pet. my friends and family thought i was whack until they saw it hunt down a feeder cricket and then they thought it was the coolest thing known to mankind. R.I.P Taylor may you merc prey at lighting speeds in the great basement in the sky

[ryanblood]

"Not as not as nightmare-inducing as they seem."
"My LeGs ArE tEeTh!!!""

[boomerix]

I hate bugs, but I tolerate house centipedes and spiders because they eat other bugs. At least they pay their rent by getting rid of cockroaches, mozzies, annoying fly's and other nasties that might sneak in through an open window.

[jackkraken]

House centipede: Please don't kill me!
Human: "Why?"
House Centipede:"I'm a great lover"
Human:"Fine. You win this round".

[X-Gen-]

I remember seeing one of these in my house. I didn't kill it though. Only because it outmanoeuvred me lol. It looks like a very small dead person's spine that for some reason decided to come to life and crawl out of a grave to scare the living shit out of people. Mission accomplished little guy.

[mspicer]

About 30 years ago, I was living in a basement apartment. I went to my kitchen to make a pot of coffee, and when I pushed the coffee maker back, a house-centipede darted out, ran across the back of my left hand, and disappeared into a crack in the wall in the corner. I jumped backwards with such force that I dented the door of my fridge and drove it into the wall. It wasn't working after that, so I had to call the landlord. After sheepishly explaining how I broke the fridge, he looked at me, then at my coffee maker. He pushed my coffee-maker back, and a centipede shot out from underneath it, causing the landlord to jump back and further damage the fridge. Then he took some expanding foam, sealed the crack the centipede went into, and gave it me. He told me to go ahead and seal whatever cracks needed it, and he'd have a new fridge here in the morning.

[Trayheed]

They must be really scared of us too.
just last night i saw one. when i walked up to it, it hid behind something.

[jakezepeda]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. But I would prefer a long distance friendship.

[foggyfroggy]

These things scare the absolute crap out of me. They have no business being that fast.

[Mr___f]

House Centipedes are pretty much the ultimate bug bro: antisocial, fast, scared of people, eats all bugs, and generally don't bite.

[sully]

Lifted up the toothpaste tube in my bathroom once and one of these was laying motionless perfectly on the sink underneath where it was. I was so shocked I didn’t even scream, I just instinctively threw the toothpaste down and stared at it for a while, trying to muster up the courage to stare it down and beat my fears, but to this day I’m still scared to lift anything in any bathroom

[jamessamster]

information attained: centipedes are generous lovers

[danischeel]

It took a great deal of courage just to even watch this video! I have those creepy crawlers in the basement. As long as they stay there fine, but when they come upstairs that’s a whole different story!

[adohko]

Why do things with lots of legs, especially long legs, creep us out? There’s got to be an evolutionary reason?

[swrrs]

This channel definitely deserves more views

[jenniferbeyer]

They are very fast that's why my cats love to hunt them. I have known how beneficial they are since I was a child 55 years ago. My grandmother told me about them. I capture them in a plastic cup and put them in the basement. My grandmother called them cellar centipedes.
I always try to tell people to not be afraid of them and cellar spiders (Daddy Long Legs) that they eat all kinds of real pests.
It's hypnotic when they are going fast the legs moving like a ripple.

[spiritualspinster]

Critters with lots of legs never bothered me. I've always been ore concerned with bite or sting potential and whether they are poisonous. I rather like Daddy Long Legs for instance. I love having spiders and praying mantis and lady bugs in my garden. I tend to hate things that eat my garden plants. However, if they come into my house they are fair game for my cats.

[jjkk]

Nothing like turning on the bathroom light in the middle of the night to see a mustache run across the room at mach 1.

[Pjvenom]

Haven't stumbled across many of these legged legends personally, great informative video guys.☘

[solamon]

I used to have a problem with House Centipedes in my old house when I'd take a shower. They'd all come out of whatever hell they normally live in and try to hang out in the moist bathroom. I had one sit on the bristles of my toothbrush. I started having to bring all 3 of my cats into the bathroom with me. They'd have loads of fun hunting and eating them all before they could bother me.