Centipedes are carnivores, they prey on insects such as cockroaches.
Back in the Carboniferous era, when the Earth had about 60% greater concentration of oxygen than today, centipedes grew to be about 10 feet long and feasted on cockroaches that were about a foot long and weighed a couple of pounds. I’m glad I was not alive then.
Centipede joke: what goes 99-thump, 99-thump? A centipede with a wooden leg.
Anyone ever see a movie called “The Tingler?” It was produced by William Castle, who used gimmicks for his movies. It starred Vincent Price as a scientist who discovers a parasite that grows inside a body when someone feels fear. There’s a scene where the Tingler escapes into a theater and the gimmick was, in some first-run theaters, some of the seats were wired to give a mild shock as the Tingler ran under them. We saw the Tingler itself, a hug caterpillar with mandibles that it was pinching the projectionist’s neck with. I was it when I was about six years old and it scared the bejesus out of me. Saw it again a few years ago, and saw the Tingler was just a big, not-too-convincing rubber bug.
In Hawaii, they range about 8 inches, but they have a nasty bite (roughly equivalent to stirring up a hive of hornets, which we also have here).
Our centipedes also get everywhere: my son’s bed, my medicine drawer (second floor), definitely our compost, our lawn, and various places around the house.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Hobbes saved Calvin and his folks a possible trip to the doctor.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 4 years ago
How come it didn’t bite him while he was holding it?
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
good thing Calvin wasn’t holding a cobra or a rattlesnake or even a scorpion
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 4 years ago
I can attest to the fact that centipedes have poison pinchers. When I was little I picked one up. Never made that mistake again.
codycab over 4 years ago
Rack em up; let’s play again.
Red33410 over 4 years ago
“With you, it never is too difficult.”
derdave969 over 4 years ago
I’m guessing Hobbes has just watched Dr. No.
Nuke Road Warrior over 4 years ago
“Is it loathsome?” Did Hobbes really have to ask that one? It would seem to be a given.
dflak over 4 years ago
Centipedes are carnivores, they prey on insects such as cockroaches.
Back in the Carboniferous era, when the Earth had about 60% greater concentration of oxygen than today, centipedes grew to be about 10 feet long and feasted on cockroaches that were about a foot long and weighed a couple of pounds. I’m glad I was not alive then.
Centipede joke: what goes 99-thump, 99-thump? A centipede with a wooden leg.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Hobbes saves the day again.
rentier over 4 years ago
He loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah…..
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
Poor centipede…!
marilynnbyerly over 4 years ago
Hobbes hugging Calvin is as close to sweet as this cartoon has ever gone.
BiggerNate91 over 4 years ago
Probably should have just gone with a toad.
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
Glad it wasn’t “one of Dad’s pill bottles”…
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 4 years ago
Anyone ever see a movie called “The Tingler?” It was produced by William Castle, who used gimmicks for his movies. It starred Vincent Price as a scientist who discovers a parasite that grows inside a body when someone feels fear. There’s a scene where the Tingler escapes into a theater and the gimmick was, in some first-run theaters, some of the seats were wired to give a mild shock as the Tingler ran under them. We saw the Tingler itself, a hug caterpillar with mandibles that it was pinching the projectionist’s neck with. I was it when I was about six years old and it scared the bejesus out of me. Saw it again a few years ago, and saw the Tingler was just a big, not-too-convincing rubber bug.
sobrown51 over 4 years ago
What is a centipede’s favorite amusement park? Legoland.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
The correct term is “venomous” due to how the toxin is carried and ejected.
mgillgannon Premium Member over 4 years ago
I believe it’s pincers, not pinchers.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 4 years ago
In Vietnam, we found centipedes over 3 feet long.
In Hawaii, they range about 8 inches, but they have a nasty bite (roughly equivalent to stirring up a hive of hornets, which we also have here).
Our centipedes also get everywhere: my son’s bed, my medicine drawer (second floor), definitely our compost, our lawn, and various places around the house.
Welcome to Hawai`i!