Talk:Scolopendra gigantea

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[edit] My Questions

• How do these creatures eat their pray?
• Lifecycle questions:
  • How long do these animals live in the wild? in captivity?
  • How long does it take for the eggs to hatch?
  • How long from hatching until it is full grown?
  • Which enemies do they have?

[edit] Yuck!

Oh my god! Sarah crane 18:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

These videos aren't necessary. Indeed, some would consider offensive. Many zoos do not allow live rodents to be used as food.

"Offensive" content is allowed on Wikipedia...this is all part of nature's cycle. JD79 18:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The first video shows the predatory capabilities of the centipede.

The second, however, is not a Scolopendra Gigantea - it's a Scolopendra Viridicornis, and probably doesn't belong in the article.

[edit] Puerto Rico

The article says this kind of centipede appears in Jamiaca and in Trinidad, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it in my home country of Puerto Rico on various occasions (including, quite comically, during a wedding). If anyone has a reference to this fact please post it.

By the way, on a personal note, these are tough critters. When they invade homes, you either trap it with a bucket and carry it to safety, or kill it by chopping its head FIRST then the rest of the body. Chopping the body alone will not kill it.

DO NOT STEP ON IT. It's shell is very hard and the sting is quite painful, requiring immediate medical attention. Mtmelendez 13:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I think I would simply flee my house, never to return, if I saw one of them. 24.224.143.211 02:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)