OT: any etymologists out there?

Aaron Vegh aaronvegh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sun Jul 8 00:30:26 UTC 2007


That's it! Thanks a lot! :-)

Cheers,
Aaron.

P.S. Would I prefer to have more of its prey? Right now, for sure.

On 7/7/07, Seneca Cunningham <tentra-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 08:00:57PM -0400, Aaron Vegh wrote:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronvegh/718854436/
> >
> > This is a baby. While the one pictured here has a body approximately
> > 1.5 inches long, I've seen them as large as 3-4 inches (not including
> > the -- many, many! -- legs).
> >
> > Does anyone know what this is? Or falling short of that, know of a
> > resource that might help me identify it?
>
> My guess is:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede
>   http://entomology.uark.edu/museum/house_centipede.html
>
>
> > The next step would be to find a means of targeting them with some
> > kind of insidious counter-measure; they're the nastiest things I've
> > ever seen (outside that horrid scene from King Kong). Freaky-fast,
> > too.
>
> Why?  Would you rather its prey get out of control?
>
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