Medical, centi- and milli- pedes

centi- and milli- pedes

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Rebecca Snyd #1 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? If someone was bitten, how soon would medical treatment be needed, and what would be liable to happen to the person? (Just for clarification - I have NOT been bitten by one of these, but my house seems to be infested, and I want to know 'just in case'.) Rebecca
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:19:53 GMT

G T Cla #2 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes Quote: >Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? If someone >was bitten, how soon would medical treatment be needed, and what would >be liable to happen to the person? >(Just for clarification - I have NOT been bitten by one of these, but my >house seems to be infested, and I want to know 'just in case'.) >Rebecca Millipedes, I understand, are vegetarian, and therefore almost certainly will not bite and are not poisonous. Centipedes are carnivorous, and although I don't have any absolute knowledge on this, I would tend to think that you're in no danger from anything but a concerted {filter} by several million of them. G.
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 22:52:52 GMT

chor.. #3 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes Quote: >>Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? If someone >>was bitten, how soon would medical treatment be needed, and what would >>be liable to happen to the person? >>(Just for clarification - I have NOT been bitten by one of these, but my >>house seems to be infested, and I want to know 'just in case'.) >>Rebecca > Millipedes, I understand, are vegetarian, and therefore almost > certainly will not bite and are not poisonous. Centipedes are > carnivorous, and although I don't have any absolute knowledge on this, I > would tend to think that you're in no danger from anything but a > concerted {filter} by several million of them. > G. Not sure of this but I think some millipedes cause a toxic reaction (sting? So I would not assume that they are not dangerous merely on the basis of vegetarianism, after all wasps are vegetarian too. dnc.
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 01:26:42 GMT

adwri.. #4 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes Quote: >>>Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? If someone >>>was bitten, how soon would medical treatment be needed, and what would >>>be liable to happen to the person? >>>(Just for clarification - I have NOT been bitten by one of these, but my >>>house seems to be infested, and I want to know 'just in case'.) >>>Rebecca >> Millipedes, I understand, are vegetarian, and therefore almost >> certainly will not bite and are not poisonous. Centipedes are >> carnivorous, and although I don't have any absolute knowledge on this, I >> would tend to think that you're in no danger from anything but a >> concerted {filter} by several million of them. >> G. >Not sure of this but I think some millipedes cause a toxic reaction (sting? >So I would not assume that they are not dangerous merely on the basis of >vegetarianism, after all wasps are vegetarian too. >dnc. As a child i can remember picking up a centipede and getting a rather painful sting, but it quickly subsided. Much less painful compared to a bee sting. Centipedes have a poison claw (one of the front feet) to stun their prey, but in my single experience it did not have a lot of "bite" to it. A.
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 00:45:33 GMT

Russell Turp #5 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes -*---- Quote: > Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? ... The millipede's around here (Austin) have no sting. Some of the centipedes do. The question Rebecca Snyder asks is much like asking "How venomous are snakes?" One either wants to ask "which snake?" or point to some reference on the many different species of snake. Similarly, there are many different species of millipede and centipede. (These are different families; millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment, while centipedes have but one pair.) Sorry if this information is not useful. Russell
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 01:40:39 GMT

Mark Robert Thors #6 / 6	centi- and milli- pedes I remember as a kid visiting my relatives on Kauai, and one of the things that really frightened me was centipedes. I'd been told they were poisonous and infrequently one would pop up and scare the heck out of me. Once one came out of the vacuum cleaner and it seemed like it was at least a foot long and moving at 35 miles an hour!
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 05:50:31 GMT

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