• NimaEnglish
    37·
    3 个月前

    they also hiss. which scared the crap out of me.

      • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
        5·
        3 个月前

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

      • NimaEnglish
        17·
        3 个月前

        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

          • NimaEnglish
            51·
            3 个月前

            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!”

            • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              3 个月前

              but it also made me extremely nervous when I hadn’t been moments before

              For a sec I though you were making a joke and talking as the centipede (in first person).

              • NimaEnglish
                11·
                3 个月前

                the quote was meant to be from the centipede, yes.

      • NimaEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        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.

          • NimaEnglish
            3·
            3 个月前

            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.