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they also hiss. which scared the crap out of me.
Imagine them fancy opera singing!
Do they his in opera? I'd say imagine they're little jazz musicians going tsss-t-t-tsss-t-t
We call that "snake jazz", but it is widely known that many creatures (other than snakes) also practice that particular style of jazz
Fancy jazz centisexyleggy!
WTFFFFF
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
Tho a kinda fair wtf reaction to a giant magic glass dome suddenly chasing you.
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!"
For a sec I though you were making a joke and talking as the centipede (in first person).
the quote was meant to be from the centipede, yes.
Wait...whaaat?
THEY WHAT?!?
As if they weren't already scary enough!
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.
Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!
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.
That's even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.