Scolo fangs

[AgaR]

Just a pic I took today....
Ciao
Alex

[~Suntiger~]

WOW. That is amazing...
Centipedes are the best!!! :D

[AgaR]

Oh yeah! :D
I want a HUGE peruvian !!
Centipedes ROCKS

PS they are Giant vietamese fangs** ;)

[Dragoon]

Ummmm, what happened to the rest of the pede?
Is that from a molt? Do you have pics of the whole molt? I've never seen one...

Very nice idea to include a pushpin for reference! Now I'll get creeped out every time I see a pushpin!

How do you like your pede as a pet? Interesting, boring, worth the money or not really? Just curious, I maybe want one of those monsters....
D.

[~Suntiger~]

Dragoon -- out of all my animals, my centipedes are my favourites! They do spend a fair bit of time hiding, but when they come out and truck around their enclosures with all those legs going a mile a minute -- nothing beats 'em! Beautiful colours too, and there's just something fascinating about the way that they move.
I think they are WELL worth it!! :D

[Dragoon]

Thanks for the reply!
Can you answer any of the other questions?
I especially want to know how fast they are... I keep reading that they are quick moving! But I'd like to know, compared to what? Are they faster than a tarantula? Faster than the really fast tarantulas (poecs, H. macs)?

May I ask what species you keep, ~suntiger~? I'm attracted to the mortisans, because of the blue legs, those look quite nice...
Thanks much
D.

[Kyle Barker]

yeah they move cool, but lets face it watching them kill stuff is pretty damn sweet... Nothing as grusome as a pepe killing a small mouse.

[~Suntiger~]

Yep, you're absolutely right -- they're SUPER fast! But I hesitate to compare their speed to tarantulas, just because the way that they move is so different. (More unpredictable if anything.)

Right now I just have a vietnamese and a yellow leg (which I find much more laid back of the two), but in the past I have kept the blue legs and a hatian. (I'll have to get some again!! This thread has given me the centipede urge again, lol.)

And yeah, I definitely have to agree that there are few things as impressive as a centipede's ferocity! That's one creature I'll never get bored of watching eat!