Comment on House Centipedes

Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine them fancy opera singing!

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they his in opera? I’d say imagine they’re little jazz musicians going tsss-t-t-tsss-t-t

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    • MrShankles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We call that “snake jazz”, but it is widely known that many creatures (other than snakes) also practice that particular style of jazz

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• borth@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  WTFFFFF

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  • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    its called “Stridulation” and its something a lot of centipedes can do.

    scared the crap out of me the first time I heard it when I was trying to put one in a cup and take it outside. lol

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tho a kinda fair wtf reaction to a giant magic glass dome suddenly chasing you.

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      • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        you know? that’s fair. but it also made me extremely nervous when I hadn’t been moments before.

        went from skittering around panicking to “I will mess you up >=( I’m dangerous! HISSSSS! LOOK HOW SCARY!”

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• Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wait…whaaat?

  THEY WHAT?!?

  As if they weren’t already scary enough!

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  • Nima@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    it’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(”

    but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.

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    • averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!

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      • Nima@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        its actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.

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