It’s not a toy; it’s an animal that deserves your respect. Fatalities HAVE been reported from Scolopendra subspinipes. If you keep this up I advise you be prepared for the most severe pain you will ever experience.
Handling Vietnamese Centipede
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Of course its not a toy. It also needs respect, that's why you don't hold them without caution or just don't hold them plainly.
I always treat my animals with respect, whether it's a scolopendra or a piranha, If it bites me, I take full responsibility
As far as I know there's only been one "reported" fatality involving Scolopendra subspinipes, though I could be wrong. It was a 7 year old girl in the Philippines who was bit on her head. Still from my understanding the pain is really intense if you are bitten by one and I personally wouldn't try it. Then again I have kept stingrays in a tank with sand for a substrate and risked running into shed stingers every time I sifted through the sand all the while trying to avoid the 3 very curious stingrays who shed them with barely a care in the world. So maybe I would, risk is subjective in a lot of respects. What one person considers dangerous others might not. For instance there's a fair number of ]v[FK'ers who like fast cars and I imagine they like to go fast in them and more people definitely die in car accidents than centipede bites. Yet no one says anything to them about it, or at least in my opinion not as much as people say something to people who handle venomous animals. A lot of us take risks that people think are cool and don't seem to come down on them again as much as they might someone who handles venomous animals. For instance sky diving, bungee jumping, racing cars, being promiscuous etc ...... yet in general they're not looked at the same way as someone who handles poisonous animals.
I'm not finding fault with anyone, just making note of what I consider an interesting phenomenon. In all instances the risk to a persons life is present and in some it's greater than others, but that's not the determining factor behind how people see the actions. It seems that the more unusual the risk taken even if it's less of a risk than a more common one, the more likely someone is to say something negative about it. Again not finding fault with anyone, just an observation I've seen and to me a interesting phenomenon.
I'm not finding fault with anyone, just making note of what I consider an interesting phenomenon. In all instances the risk to a persons life is present and in some it's greater than others, but that's not the determining factor behind how people see the actions. It seems that the more unusual the risk taken even if it's less of a risk than a more common one, the more likely someone is to say something negative about it. Again not finding fault with anyone, just an observation I've seen and to me a interesting phenomenon.
What was the point of you holding it? I am just curious why you did it. Was there a reason or did you just want to do it so that you could post this video?
I keep and breed venomous snakes and death stalker scorpions and would NEVER do anything like this.
As for the picture you showed of the large king cobra, they are sort of the exception to the rule and require at least two people to move because there is no hook large enough for a king that size and if there were it would not be sensible to move. kings are generally moved by one person distracting the king and keeping its attention off of the other person holding and moving it. I have seen it done a lot but I do not really consider it free handling because there is still an extreme level of caution.
Flat rocks are nowhere near the most venomous of scorpions, I could name at least 10 off the top of my head that are worse and know that yes flat rocks hurt but do not cause permanent damage and are on the same level as something like a desert hairy- not a Parabuthus or Lerius.
I keep and breed venomous snakes and death stalker scorpions and would NEVER do anything like this.
As for the picture you showed of the large king cobra, they are sort of the exception to the rule and require at least two people to move because there is no hook large enough for a king that size and if there were it would not be sensible to move. kings are generally moved by one person distracting the king and keeping its attention off of the other person holding and moving it. I have seen it done a lot but I do not really consider it free handling because there is still an extreme level of caution.
Flat rocks are nowhere near the most venomous of scorpions, I could name at least 10 off the top of my head that are worse and know that yes flat rocks hurt but do not cause permanent damage and are on the same level as something like a desert hairy- not a Parabuthus or Lerius.
Also, all Scolopendra were recently banned from FL because they are "too dangerous". Now, I can not even get a permit for them. They are only dangerous if you handle them as carelessly as you did and it is people like you that end up a part of the statistic that GETS ANIMALS BANNED.
Well put.
We all use caution everyday of our lives. It's how we live.@snakeguy101 ok maybe flat rocks are not the most venomous but they can still severely hurt us. In FL their are a lot of animals that have been banned for a lot of good reasons though. Most of the animals that are banned in Florida are dangreous and can easily suvive in that climate. Sense they can survive, they can destroy populations of native animals in FL. In my state it gets too cold for anything to survive here all year long but, we still have some animals that are banned like pit bulls, large constrictors, snapping turtles, and ect.
Really? why is it people like you who have to complain about everything? Enough with it. People like you make me want to stop posting threads.
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