• roguetrick@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    House centipede? More like homie centipede. Though for real I’ve actually been bitten by one before that dashed up my leg in the shower and I’m not a fan. Generally their jaws are too small to penetrate skin, but when they’re drowning they seem to get… motivated.

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        9 months ago

        It’s really really rare for them to sting something as big as a person. They’re just not wired that way and kind of have to be short circuited to do it, plus like I said, their stingers aren’t usually long enough to actually go past the top layer of your skin. They’re designed to pierce cockroach carapaces, not lumbering mammals.