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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:44 PM
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I say, look what a chap found behind his Tellie


An image released by Britain's Natural History Museum in London, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, showing Natural History Museum expert Stuart Hine with a giant centipede 'Scolopendra gigantea', which was found in a north London home. Aaron Balick, 32, a psychologist from Islington, north London, trapped the venomous centipede in a plastic box after he found it behind his TV and took it to the Natural History Museum. There, experts identified it as 'Scolopendra gigantea' - the world's largest species of centipede. The creature measured nine inches long by just under an inch wide (not including its legs). (AP Photo / Natural History Museum, PA)

Briton Finds Venomous Centipede in House
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_on_fe_st/creepy_centipede_3
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:45 PM
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1. Mrs. R has waking nightmares just knowing those things exist
Never mind finding one IN THE HOUSE!! :scared:
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:46 PM
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2. That is a medical experiment gone horribly awry!
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:47 PM
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And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why I NEVER go barefoot.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:47 PM
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3. Jesus holy shit!
And it's venomous too? :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:53 PM
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4. sorry to say i would not have attempted to catch it.
i would certainly have killed it
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:59 PM
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5. That's why I keep old golf clubs
2-iron to be exact. Caught a mouse in full gallop with one.....it was fun until I had to clean it off the kitchen window.
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:01 PM
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6. looks tasty
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 03:02 PM by dajoki
:puke:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:01 PM
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7. Used to dig up fuckers like that in Hawaii all the time
Scary bastards. Shouldn't be allowed in a sane universe.

Disgusting.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:02 PM
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8. That's it, honey, we're MOVING!
:scared:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:04 PM
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9. Yeeech!
:puke:

I don't mind insects .... as long as they stay outside.

Creepy crawly.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:06 PM
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10. I don't think that I'm going to look behind the television
At least for a little while. :scared:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 03:08 PM
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11. One time in California, I reached into the TV cabinet and felt...
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 03:11 PM by Richardo
...this resistance like thin nylon thread, which made an audible crackling sound when the strands broke.

And that's when I saw the black widow spider.
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