Klutziest Arthropods Ever
One of my house centipedes is making its monthly patrol of my bedroom this week. I've been reading up on these things a bit, and they apparently eat insects and spiders. That would make them predators, yes? Now, maybe I've been watching too much National Geographic or Animal Planet, but I tend to think of predators as sleek and graceful. My house centipedes lurch drunkenly about on my walls, and I've now seen two of them trip and fall off my ceiling. They're like little arthropod alcoholics or The Arthropod Stooges or something. Maybe I should try having them watch National Geographic or Animal Planet. They clearly need the pointers.