Ok what on earth is this?!
08-21-2011, 04:03 PM
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ORIGINAL: NOVAMEGA
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
That is a silver fish
The thing Sheo has is a house centipede(like someone else said also sometimes called a thousand legger) we get them quite often in winter around here due to it being an older house, and when it gets cold once the heaters go on they run out. Actually saw one at work last night running around. As for poisonous I don't thing they could cause harm to a human, or anything else bigger than a bug.
Centipedes usually are found in damp, dark places, such as under stones, leaf mulch, or logs. Indoors, centipedes may occur in damp areas of basements, closets, or bathrooms, or anywhere in the home where insects occur. During the day they hide in dark cracks and crevices, coming out at night to search for insects to eat.
Maybe its used to be fascinated with insects when I was a kid, and would catch anything, and everything I saw (even had a black widow at one point, scared the crap out of me when I found out what it was
) that they don't bother me. Only insects I hate are roaches(due to their reproductive, and invasive abilities, otherwise I'm facinated with them), and bees(was stung way too many times as a kid)
08-21-2011, 08:39 PM
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Last year, I got into bed and ran my arm under my pillow. When I laid my head down on the pillow I felt something sting my arm close to my armpit. I jerked my arm out and one of those came flying out and landed on the sheet. I had nothing to kill it with but a bottle of water..started banging away at it. Finally killed it. My wife came in and wanted to know what was going on. I showed her and she freaked the heck out. Left a small place like a mosquito bite but that was all. Im still here so dont think it was posinous. And yes, you can see Im in TN. That was the only one Ive seen. It was about 1 1/2 long. We see brown scorpions in the house sometimes.
08-21-2011, 10:07 PM
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We've seen those before ( except the ones we founds we're 4 inches F%#$ing long ). We've nick named them ''ultra megas''
We've seen those before ( except the ones we founds we're 4 inches F%#$ing long ). We've nick named them ''ultra megas''
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ALL centepids carry some sort of poison. Majority of them though are more scared of you than you are of them and will scatter. Also, the majority of them aren't really any more poisonous than say an ant bite or bee sting.
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I have heard that they were poisonous. Are they?
Frank
I have heard that they were poisonous. Are they?
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08-22-2011, 06:46 AM
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It's the only way to be sure............Ripley!!
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nuke it from orbit
nuke it from orbit
08-22-2011, 08:53 AM
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nope its not a silver fish I have those in the house from time to time in the basement
That is a silver fish
The thing Sheo has is a house centipede(like someone else said also sometimes called a thousand legger) we get them quite often in winter around here due to it being an older house, and when it gets cold once the heaters go on they run out. Actually saw one at work last night running around. As for poisonous I don't thing they could cause harm to a human, or anything else bigger than a bug.
I sometimes find the reaction people have to them hilarious I've seen grown men jump like a little kid when they run out
Maybe its used to be fascinated with insects when I was a kid, and would catch anything, and everything I saw (even had a black widow at one point, scared the crap out of me when I found out what it was) that they don't bother me. Only insects I hate are roaches(due to their reproductive, and invasive abilities, otherwise I'm facinated with them), and bees(was stung way too many times as a kid)
ORIGINAL: NOVAMEGA
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
That is a silver fish
The thing Sheo has is a house centipede(like someone else said also sometimes called a thousand legger) we get them quite often in winter around here due to it being an older house, and when it gets cold once the heaters go on they run out. Actually saw one at work last night running around. As for poisonous I don't thing they could cause harm to a human, or anything else bigger than a bug.
Centipedes usually are found in damp, dark places, such as under stones, leaf mulch, or logs. Indoors, centipedes may occur in damp areas of basements, closets, or bathrooms, or anywhere in the home where insects occur. During the day they hide in dark cracks and crevices, coming out at night to search for insects to eat.
Maybe its used to be fascinated with insects when I was a kid, and would catch anything, and everything I saw (even had a black widow at one point, scared the crap out of me when I found out what it was
) that they don't bother me. Only insects I hate are roaches(due to their reproductive, and invasive abilities, otherwise I'm facinated with them), and bees(was stung way too many times as a kid)
Ah, isn't nature interesting.
08-22-2011, 12:17 PM
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ORIGINAL: Foxy
Fear of segmented exoskeletal creatures is a vestigial genetic safety mechanism. If you believe in evolution (don't want to exclude or upset anybody, jus in case), then you probably heard that all mammals on earth except the dolphins and whales basically evolved from amphibians and mouse like animals after the death of the dinosaurs. At that time, most stinging insects were still large and extremely fatal to our mousy ancestors. Self preservation is the strongest instinct any living creature has (except man and lemmings of course) and the instinctual fear of large stinging insects, brightly coloured insects, some arthropods, snakes, arachnids, scorpids, etc, is something that has stayed with us from millions of years ago. There is evidence (And I think Syco here is case in point, plus a couple of kids I saw on the beach other day playing with a praying mantis!) that it is slowly being phased out of our genetics as time goes by, but many of us still have it, particularly females as their job was traditionally protecting the young.
Ah, isn't nature interesting.
ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM
nope its not a silver fish I have those in the house from time to time in the basement
That is a silver fish
The thing Sheo has is a house centipede(like someone else said also sometimes called a thousand legger) we get them quite often in winter around here due to it being an older house, and when it gets cold once the heaters go on they run out. Actually saw one at work last night running around. As for poisonous I don't thing they could cause harm to a human, or anything else bigger than a bug.
I sometimes find the reaction people have to them hilarious I've seen grown men jump like a little kid when they run out
Maybe its used to be fascinated with insects when I was a kid, and would catch anything, and everything I saw (even had a black widow at one point, scared the crap out of me when I found out what it was) that they don't bother me. Only insects I hate are roaches(due to their reproductive, and invasive abilities, otherwise I'm facinated with them), and bees(was stung way too many times as a kid)
ORIGINAL: NOVAMEGA
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
It's a silverfish ....... They eat books
That is a silver fish
The thing Sheo has is a house centipede(like someone else said also sometimes called a thousand legger) we get them quite often in winter around here due to it being an older house, and when it gets cold once the heaters go on they run out. Actually saw one at work last night running around. As for poisonous I don't thing they could cause harm to a human, or anything else bigger than a bug.
Centipedes usually are found in damp, dark places, such as under stones, leaf mulch, or logs. Indoors, centipedes may occur in damp areas of basements, closets, or bathrooms, or anywhere in the home where insects occur. During the day they hide in dark cracks and crevices, coming out at night to search for insects to eat.
Maybe its used to be fascinated with insects when I was a kid, and would catch anything, and everything I saw (even had a black widow at one point, scared the crap out of me when I found out what it was
) that they don't bother me. Only insects I hate are roaches(due to their reproductive, and invasive abilities, otherwise I'm facinated with them), and bees(was stung way too many times as a kid)
Ah, isn't nature interesting.
Not true...
Fear is proven to be learned. All fears. I played with insects and stuff when I was younger, but now that I know what they do.... Lets say I will never to touch them. It is not in our genetics to fear.
08-22-2011, 12:57 PM
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Not true...
Fear is proven to be learned. All fears. I played with insects and stuff when I was younger, but now that I know what they do.... Lets say I will never to touch them. It is not in our genetics to fear.
Not true...
Fear is proven to be learned. All fears. I played with insects and stuff when I was younger, but now that I know what they do.... Lets say I will never to touch them. It is not in our genetics to fear.
08-22-2011, 01:27 PM
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AP biology and AP psychology. I've actually done a project on where fear comes from. We get fear from observing. When that spider bites you or someone else you may develop a fear of it. Many fears come from tv and movies. Why do you think people fear "ghosts"? Amphibians do not fear ghosts. Explain how you pass a concept through genetics. Learning fear is a trait for survival, because having fears keeps us safe. But you are not born fearing things. Someone locked in a box from birth to death would fear nothing, because they have not been exposed. Therefore, they have not learned to fear anything.
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There certainly are various schools of thought on this, but consider this...
There is empirical evidence of human beings having a predisposition to fear dangerous insects and the like. You certainly have no grounds to simply state 'not true' and that all fears are learned. I'll give you stimulated. You have to remember that we are taught primarily by our parents, who tell us that dangerous insects are dangerous. Why don't we question that, while we do question other instructions? Think about it, it's not black and white.
In a classical experiment, the American psychologist Marting Seligman associated an aversive stimulation (a small electric shock) to certain pictures (Masci). Two to four shocks were enough to establish a phobia to pictures of spiders or snakes, while a much larger series of shocks was needed to cause phobia to pictures of flowers, for example (Masci).
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ORIGINAL: meef rustler
The only thing related to fear that we are born with is the capacity to learn to fear.
The only thing related to fear that we are born with is the capacity to learn to fear.
08-22-2011, 01:42 PM
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ORIGINAL: meef rustler
AP biology and AP psychology. I've actually done a project on where fear comes from. We get fear from observing. When that spider bites you or someone else you may develop a fear of it. Many fears come from tv and movies. Why do you think people fear ''ghosts''? Amphibians do not fear ghosts. Explain how you pass a concept through genetics. Learning fear is a trait for survival, because having fears keeps us safe. But you are not born fearing things. Someone locked in a box from birth to death would fear nothing, because they have not been exposed. Therefore, they have not learned to fear anything.
AP biology and AP psychology. I've actually done a project on where fear comes from. We get fear from observing. When that spider bites you or someone else you may develop a fear of it. Many fears come from tv and movies. Why do you think people fear ''ghosts''? Amphibians do not fear ghosts. Explain how you pass a concept through genetics. Learning fear is a trait for survival, because having fears keeps us safe. But you are not born fearing things. Someone locked in a box from birth to death would fear nothing, because they have not been exposed. Therefore, they have not learned to fear anything.
08-22-2011, 01:46 PM
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ORIGINAL: meef rustler
AP biology and AP psychology. I've actually done a project on where fear comes from. We get fear from observing. When that spider bites you or someone else you may develop a fear of it. Many fears come from tv and movies. Why do you think people fear ''ghosts''? Amphibians do not fear ghosts. Explain how you pass a concept through genetics. Learning fear is a trait for survival, because having fears keeps us safe. But you are not born fearing things. Someone locked in a box from birth to death would fear nothing, because they have not been exposed. Therefore, they have not learned to fear anything.
AP biology and AP psychology. I've actually done a project on where fear comes from. We get fear from observing. When that spider bites you or someone else you may develop a fear of it. Many fears come from tv and movies. Why do you think people fear ''ghosts''? Amphibians do not fear ghosts. Explain how you pass a concept through genetics. Learning fear is a trait for survival, because having fears keeps us safe. But you are not born fearing things. Someone locked in a box from birth to death would fear nothing, because they have not been exposed. Therefore, they have not learned to fear anything.
08-22-2011, 01:47 PM
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The baby would never be released from the box. I showed this to my dad, whom has a masters degree in biology. He said you guys are morons. Just saying what he stated.
08-22-2011, 01:50 PM
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lol, rubbish. If your dad had a masters degree in biology, he certainly wouldn't disregard what I wrote and call me a moron. Please don't lie.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
08-22-2011, 01:52 PM
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The baby would never be released from the box. I showed this to my dad, whom has a masters degree in biology. He said you guys are morons. Just saying what he stated.
The baby would never be released from the box. I showed this to my dad, whom has a masters degree in biology. He said you guys are morons. Just saying what he stated.
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The fact that we are losing this predisposition to fear is not under dispute, in fact, that was my original point. Anyway, I'm going to bed
I might continue this tomorrow with my theory that the unused space in our brains is for genetic learning. we only have 70 years to accomplish something, then someone has to pick up our work where we left off. That won't be long enough to say...develop faster than light travel (just an example, I'm fully aware relativity prevents it), imagine what we could accomplish if we were one day born (or at least naturally developed in our very early years) higher understandings of mathematics and physics? I'd lie to think that's where evolution will take us.
I might continue this tomorrow with my theory that the unused space in our brains is for genetic learning. we only have 70 years to accomplish something, then someone has to pick up our work where we left off. That won't be long enough to say...develop faster than light travel (just an example, I'm fully aware relativity prevents it), imagine what we could accomplish if we were one day born (or at least naturally developed in our very early years) higher understandings of mathematics and physics? I'd lie to think that's where evolution will take us.
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ORIGINAL: Foxy
lol, rubbish. If your dad had a masters degree in biology, he certainly wouldn't disregard what I wrote and call me a moron. Please don't lie.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
lol, rubbish. If your dad had a masters degree in biology, he certainly wouldn't disregard what I wrote and call me a moron. Please don't lie.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
Black holes, etc are theories and cannot be physically tested. So, how do we know what the actually do? The baby in a box may be a bad theory.
We have a small part of our brain called the amygdala, which is responsible for LEARNING and EXPRESSING fear. Fears are observed by seeing, hearing, etc something "bad" happening to someone or it happening to your self and you will then fear what caused it.
Your whole theory is bogus anyways... We did not come from amphibians.....
08-22-2011, 02:08 PM
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ORIGINAL: meef rustler
Yea he would.
Black holes, etc are theories and cannot be physically tested. So, how do we know what the actually do? The baby in a box may be a bad theory.
We have a small part of our brain called the amygdala, which is responsible for LEARNING and EXPRESSING fear. Fears are observed by seeing, hearing, etc something ''bad'' happening to someone or it happening to your self and you will then fear what caused it.
Your whole theory is bogus anyways... We did not come from amphibians.....
ORIGINAL: Foxy
lol, rubbish. If your dad had a masters degree in biology, he certainly wouldn't disregard what I wrote and call me a moron. Please don't lie.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
lol, rubbish. If your dad had a masters degree in biology, he certainly wouldn't disregard what I wrote and call me a moron. Please don't lie.
If the baby was never released from the box how do you know what it fears and what it doesn't? This is an experiment that can not have a conclusion and therefore breaks the first rule of science. Ask your dad.
Black holes, etc are theories and cannot be physically tested. So, how do we know what the actually do? The baby in a box may be a bad theory.
We have a small part of our brain called the amygdala, which is responsible for LEARNING and EXPRESSING fear. Fears are observed by seeing, hearing, etc something ''bad'' happening to someone or it happening to your self and you will then fear what caused it.
Your whole theory is bogus anyways... We did not come from amphibians.....
It is well known and supported theory that land animals evolved from ancient amphibians. Saying otherwise is just stupid.
08-22-2011, 02:13 PM
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THEORY!
So, you are telling me to discredit my faith?
Based on a theory, when I see it I'll believe it. The only thing I believe in about evolution is the natural selection in a species. But in no way do I believe that we came from amphibians.
So, you are telling me to discredit my faith?
Based on a theory, when I see it I'll believe it. The only thing I believe in about evolution is the natural selection in a species. But in no way do I believe that we came from amphibians.