Attack of the giant swimming Centipedes
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Tags: “I would bet this species goes into the water at night to hunt aquatic or amphibious invertebrates", “It was pretty horrific-looking: very big with long legs and a horrible dark greenish-black color", “It would be good to study these streams and their fauna then to see what is actually going on under the cover of darkness", Centipedes normally stay away from water but when Beccaloni lifted the rock, Giant swimming venomous centipede discovered by accident - Oliver Holmes - TheGuardian.com, Scientist on honeymoon in Thailand stumbles on ‘horrific-looking’ creature that is the first one known to swim, Scientists have discovered the world’s first known amphibious centipede, Scolopendra Cataracta - from the Latin for “waterfall” has been found in Laos - Thailand and Vietnam, The creature was seen scurrying into the water by entomologist George Beccaloni during his honeymoon to Thailand in 2001, Their small fangs can pierce human skin for a non-lethal but agonising bite
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