Alright.
Mom always said don’t judge people by their eating habits.
Rocky, here, is making that hard.
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For them, I'm sure it's as delightful as a Fruit by the Foot. 😦😁
Needless to say, I generally turn them down when I'm invited to stay for dinner...
It’s about that long.
And far too many legs.
It's a tough job, but who else will keep the German countryside from being overrun by those creepy crawlies?
Once more, it's owls to the rescue.
Maybe he's bringing it home to give each kid a couple of segments, like you'd cut up a slab of baby back ribs!
aren't these insects poisonous sometimes ?
My quick research says venomous, not poisonous. Centipedes have a pair of specialized forelegs called forcipules that will inject the venom into things bothering it. It also seems to be painful rather than deadly to most things larger than the centipede.
I know the Pygmy Owls eat scorpions, and I hear they just remove the stinger from the tail as most people remove shrimp tails and then they eat the rest. So either the owls know to remove the ouchy legs, or they're too big to be bothered by it.