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Millipedes cause overwhelming majority of people dislike. Surely you will be disgusted and scared to touch even to a small millipede, however, there are individuals who with ease allow you to crawl on your own giant skolopendram, about one of which will be discussed. World Wide Web spreads around the news about a resident of Taiwan who holds a poisonous arthropod at home incredible sizes and not at all afraid of him.
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26-year-old Neil Cheng Le searched for a long time in pet stores Peruvian scolopendra, capable of reaching a length of 30 centimeters. However, the man did not even suspect that the millipede he had bought will be able to grow up to 42 centimeters! By including the following video recording, you can see how this monster is about the size of with a cat crawls on the hands and body of its owner. Creepy a spectacle that looks like frames from a horror movie.
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Neil Cheng Le warns what to make of such a creature an obedient pet is not so simple. You need to know everything about scolopendra, including their nutrition, habits and lifestyle. Moreover, the owner of such an extraordinary “pet” must constantly exercise caution because the bite of a giant scolopendra dangerous and can lead to complications. The poison is even in the paws. arthropod, affecting human skin on contact.
Taiwanese himself, who, by the way, is a student biologist, claims to have never had a problem with her pet, and she never bit him. It even allows the owner to stroke himself. Le feeds scolopendra meat, fish, cat food, insects. Once a man caught a rat at home and without hesitation threw it into a centipede container. From the unfortunate rodent there was only skeleton. It is the female scolopendras that are most poisonous and dangerous.
