That's nothing. I've had one of these crawl across my bare foot.

[arcadian]

Mine was about a 6 incher though.






In response to azmouse's scorpion thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8798661

[HopeHoops]

1. They look like a Push-Me-Pull-You

How do you tell which end is which?

[arcadian]

4. The part that delivers the excruciatingly painful bite is the head.

Case 1 Return to Top

A 30-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with excruciating pain to his right hip. He had been putting on his jeans when he felt the sudden onset of burning pain. On examination, he saw an arthropod under the waistband, where it was still “biting” at the skin with repetitive jabbing motions of its head. On arrival to the emergency department 20 minutes later, the patient produced a captured 7-cm centipede (Scolopendra species), which was still thrashing vigorously. The patient's burning pain was getting more intense and was radiating throughout the buttocks and down the right leg. Other local symptoms included numbness and tingling in the right hip and weakness in the right leg. The patient also complained of dizziness, near syncope, and nausea. Vital signs included blood pressure of 149/83 mm Hg, pulse of 76 beats per minute, breathing rate of 22 breaths per minute, and oral temperature of 37.6°C. He was anxious, writhing, and rigidly holding his right leg in an extended, contorted position. There was a 12-cm round area of swelling over the right hip. Within that area was a 3 × 2-cm wheal-like area of raised edema, where 2 tiny puncture marks, 3 mm apart, were visible. This area was extraordinarily tender, with the patient jumping at the slightest touch. Examination was otherwise normal.

http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?request=get-document&issn=1080-6032&volume=012&issue=02&page=0093

[RadiationTherapy]

2. My friend says 'Damn. There's been something in my boot for hours

I gotta get it out." We stop hiking, he un-boots and THAT drops out and scuttles away. "Jesus christ!" I yelled. "How could you have had that in your boot for so long?"

It was 95 degrees and humid in north florida that day. We were both tripping on mega-doses of local fungus. Horrific.

[azmouse]

5. That reminds me of a Far Side cartoon

where one guy is tapping out his boots and tons of creepy crawlies are coming out. The other guy, with eyes very wide open, already has his boots on and the caption is something like..."Bob was reminded that he forgot to check his boots!"

[midnight armadillo]

10. One more reason not to ever live in Florida

Hurricanes, Disney World, Burmese pythons, and now giant venomous centipedes. I'll stay in the snow belt, thanks.

[Deep13]

3. Jesus Christ!

:wow: :scared:

Put down the Raid and pick up the shotgun.

[azmouse]

6. Yipe!

I saw one of those in Tucson. I think I'd rather have the scorpions... :scared:

[applegrove]

7. Yuck.

[JNelson6563]

8. Horrifying.

I'm glad we don't have much in the way of such horrifying critters where I live. Eww!

Julie

[marzipanni]

9. Millipedes don't bite, but my cousin's dingo mix dog was very wary of

a big one coiled up (drowned) which was in the bottom-of-the-pool filter basket which I had just lifted out.
She approached with head down, clocked around the the circular basket sniffing and focussing super intently on the millipede. I could see that she was ready to spring backwards in case it rose up to strike like a snake.
The millipede was narrower than this but about the same length.

[undeterred]

13. They don't bite, but the thought of one crawling on me

is worse than a bite.

[arcadian]

14. That's the biggest damn millipede I've ever seen.

I didn't know they got that big.

[Jamastiene]

11. Centipede's hurt if they sting ya.

I've had one crawl across my bare foot too. It didn't sting me. It freaked me out a little, but it didn't sting me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I once had a big wolf spider hop across my bare ass.

He was fed to our killer fish.

[Kali]

15. we get those in the house when it rains real good

I've kept them for pets but never been stung. Heard it was on a par with a bee sting so I bet Harvester ants are still worse. I have seen them handled with bare hands but I haven't had the guts - they can move really fast when they are pissed.