Creepy Crawlys

Ok, I realise that this is mounds of unfair. I take a hiatus because life is being a bit on the crummy side and when I return I fill your computer screen with a vicious creepy crawly. Please bare with me. I have wanted to post about these guys for a while, and when my brain is in the mood for blogging then I really do try to take advantage of it. If it wants to tell you about centipedes, then you may as well listen, Im sure nicer things will follow. If you are arachnophobic, or scared of anything that has lots of legs, For goodness sake do not google this creature or its genus.

First rule of centipedes, DONT PICK IT UP! Im a little upset I wasnt quick enough to get a shot of his head, as it is the part of a centipede you need to avoid. Centipedes have modified pincer-like foreleg called "forcipules", in laymens terms this is a stabby like limb that injects venom. Avoid, I have heard it is many levels of not fun. Rarely fatal, more a swollen and extreme ouchy of unpleasantness. Worse if your allergic. Probably see a doctor.

Primarily nocturnal hunters, they do not have true vision like humans. They can have a cluster of eye like structures that in all honesty, mostly just tell the difference between light and dark. They pretty much rely on their antennae to find their way around, and the funny looking appendages on their tail also serve as antennae. Kinda like having eyes on the back of your head.