the adventure I find myself in / das Abenteuer in dem ich mich finde

Bitten by a centipede

This morning I got up to get the children ready for school. One by one they came into the kitchen to get their breakfast. Suddenly Timmy came with a painful expression on his face. On the kitchen floor a huge Centipede was running for a corner. It was about 15 centimeters long.

It was the same species as this one a Vietnamese centipede or “Scolopendra subspinipes” They have a serious bite and i heard Thai people saying they can kill a baby with their bite. I don’t know if this is true.
Luckily the centipede kind of bit into Timmy’s toe nail and could really dig in. so with some ice and Fenistil gel we got the pain in check.

Timmy had is share of creeper attacks over the years. The worst was waking up in the morning with a snake around his neck. Read about it here

2 Comments

  1. mum

    Hi there, how ghastly! Poor boy! Love to you all. Mum

  2. chroettli

    wäääähhhh! wir haben jeweils so kleine vielleicht gerade mal 4cm lange im kompost! in africa gibt es auch so lange, dicke tausendfüssler; den hab ich mal meiner mum in die leere bananenhülle gestopft, und dann die banane mit der öffnung nach unten wieder in die fruchtschale gelegt! das geschrei nachher kannst du dir vielleicht vorstellen 😉 !!!
    tierische angelegenheiten letzthin bei euch
    gruss vom löcherkäse

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