Fedizen comments on legs to die for

legs to die for (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[+] Cypher@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years 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.

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago*

Forcipules are the modified, pincer-like, front legs of centipedes that are used to inject venom into prey. They are the only known examples of front legs acting as venom injectors.

Thank goodness

Also the image is

cursed:

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[–] sverit@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Its small forcipules have difficulty penetrating

Aww it’s okay, lil Scucoleo

Thems “silverfish” or naw?

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Naw, silverfish look like this.

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