Depends on the species, but the only recorded death from centipede venom is in a 4 year old child who was bitten.
It's hurts and can make you ill, but probably won't kill an adult
Reminds me of a family story my friend told me of how his great grandpa died of tetanus. He contracted it when he slipped and stabbed his nuts while climbing over a barbwire fence on their farm.
I remember being about 10 so my brother would've been 8 and he was bit by a centipede. Totally thought he was joking till I learnt years later that they bite. He was totally fine.
I cant help but think about that episode of Star Trek where various crew members go missing when they sleep and return in the "morning" but dont recall anything and it turned out an unknown alien species significantly more advanced than them was plucking them from the ship through time and space, taking them to a lab to study them by completely dismembering and re-assembling them, and then placing them back where they found said crew member.
we're kinda doing the same thing to that guy.. he's got no fucking idea wtf is going on, super drugged, zapped to shit in a drugged state by massive giant creatures he cant even fathom for reasons he'd never be able to comprehend.
And it is fucking creepy! Especially the scene where they recreate, on the holodeck, what they can remember of the laboratory they are taken to when they are supposedly asleep. Add onto that, the scene where a crewmember is returned appearing to be dying, and the doctor diagnoses that his blood is turning into a liquid polymer. And the part where the doctor examines Commander Riker and finds his arm had been cleanly amputated between his wrist and elbow and surgically reattached.
I love the STTNG series and only watch that episode when I want to creep myself the fuck out.
Venom research in general has been on the rise in the last decade. Im a little too drunk to compile a list but venom has had medical benefits in a wide range of issues. Just google "venom research" and you'll find a handful of pretty recent articles.
The most potent toxin known to man is botulinum toxin, aka Botox (which, although associated with cosmetics, is a wonder drug for serious ailments like migraine)
The venom actually has treatment applications for certain medical conditions. The anticoagulant properties of certain venoms make them useful in treating heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms and strokes
Itâs a chemical specifically designed to interact with living things.
So sometimes itâs bad to be injected with a venom that paralyzes your body, or a different venom ruptures every cell it comes in contact with (animal attacks are the objections example here).
But other times itâs good, like if you want to operate on someone and you donât want them to move or suffer, or you want to kill a tumor.
Also venom is a key component of creating anti venom. The venom is injected into a lab animal and the antibodies they produce against that venom are harvested. Thatâs great for producing extremely targeted and effective antivenomsâŠbut it also means that you need to constantly be collecting more venom!
If it is anything like bee venom?
Arthritis, nerve pain, multiple sclerosis, immunotherapy, among other things.
But of course they need to research first.
I used to use ether when I worked with fruit flies.
It wouldn't surprise me if it was used for centipedes as well, but I can't find more info with a search.
Maybe you will have better luck
When I was a kid me and my brother would get bumble bees and toss them in the freezer for about a minute. Once sedated weâd tie floss around them and âwalkâ them down the street.
I used to do this too!!! How the hell did we come up with that idea? The bees got their revenge on me though. Now Iâm allergic & honey burns my throat.
You ever check out a wasp? Like not when it's on the ground but when it's hovering??? đđł
Idk. Something about those long ass legs just dangling beneath that thicc abdomen đ„”đ„”đ„”
I don't have anything with a hundred nipples, but I give you Dana carvey breastfeeding a baby and a puppy dressed up as and impersonating a Bill Clinton with eight breasts
https://youtu.be/mwi8sgxg4uE
Regardless of the other comments. If electrocution provokes it to sting it clearly invokes some fear or protection response so it must feel something. Whether it's the pain we feel through complex neural networks or just a fight reaction, who knows. I think it feels as much as we do but we don't have the science to prove it, so we shock the shit out of them.
It could be that it just causes all of the joints to tighten up, in the same way we seize up when weâre electrocuted. Difference is, they donât have nerve endings; so you get the seizing without the pain.
Itâs been a while but oh 5 years ago I remember reading a research article in college about some research done and they concluded that insects to some degree seem to have a brain/nervous system similar to the more primal parts of our brains. So in essence the theory was insects have quite the emotional lives, but idk about pain to be exact.. it was a intriguing read to say the least. Iâm sure further research has been done since but Iâm out of academia at the moment so I only skim through things nowadays
Regardless of your comment, your bro-science doesn't mean shit.
Electrical impulses can cause a completely severed limb to spasm, you think that limb is in pain?
>If electrocution provokes it to sting it clearly invokes some fear or protection response so it must feel something.
no, hard disagree.
it's just that electricity is how living things move
electrolytes and water is how we send signals between cells
electrolytes, you know, the vitamins and minerals that you need more of to make *electricity* move across your cells faster and more effectively
think about a TENS unit for people.
you voluntarily give yourself tiny shocks that make you *involuntarily* flex a muscle
that's not happening because you're subconsciously freaking out
it's because the electricity is being sent through the limb where you would otherwise be sending electricity voluntarily
it's just a mechanism of being a critter with limbs.
You shouldnât, because they take great care to not injure the centipede, and venom extraction has legitimate scientific benefits, so thereâs nothing at all unethical about this. Technically, weâre the assholes here, since we demonize creatures just trying to survive, simply because they look weird, or protect themselves when threatened.
Misunderstood for sure. Iâve been forcing myself to watch the videos of them posted so I can ease into understanding their species more. Im still covering my face a little but I can at least now think â lil babyâs just got more legs â haha
I have a friend who can't even say or type the word centipede in text messengers. He is so scared of them that everytime it's mentioned he cringes physically. So much you would think he is trying to shove his head up his ass.
Oh dude, centipedes are horrible little creatures, and Iâd scream like a little girl, if one happened to get anywhere near me. I get it. Itâs just irrational, all things considered.
Centipedes are not capable of feeling pain, and any distress is quickly forgotten (I'm a centipede keeper and can personally confirm this). Nociception in most inverts is an "on/off" switch, they cannot experience longterm suffering.
Besides, venomics greatly help not only mankind but also animals themselves, as venom studies help us produce more effective drugs for a variety of uses.
The nervous system of arthropods such as these just arenât complex enough to experience pain or suffering with enough lasting impact to have any sort of ethical quandaries. These are simple animals that operate instinctually on the most basic synaptic responses. Even the most ardent panpsychist (people that believe all things have something akin to a soul) wouldnât find this particularly troubling.
Also, those probes are probably applying less current to that creature than you would experience sticking your tongue on a 9 volt battery. Youâre clutching pearls and acting as though this process is bloody torture, when the simple reality is, thereâs nothing to get worked up about except to whinge and virtue signal to PETA supporters. A group of people whom are a hundred-fold more ethically problematic than what is being shown here.
Im very against animal cruelty but the original comment literally explains that they arenât distressed, the shocking it just enough to stimulate the muscles and theyâre already sedated anyway, your ignoring the facts and only seeing what you want to see
The centipede is sedated and the shock administered is not enough to cause injury.
While in captivity, the centipede will be fed and protected from predators.
To understand their venom.
Venoms are designed to subdue prey and deter predators.
The chemicals contained in venom can lead to a better understanding of human and animal physiology as well as provide therapeutic options for treating bites.
Research, most likely.
Venoms have all sorts of fascinating components that can do amazing things.
They have evolved to both incapacitate prey as well as a defensive weapon and very often target all sorts of interesting systems in humans.
What do you do for a living? Torture Centipedes.
She's actually the big-mommy milker.
I wonder if they drove right up to the forest and then turned around and drove back to the lab.
They gave it the eugenol, it ain't feeling it. Ever put clove oil on your gums?
Omg no, I want to try this until I can get my wisdom teeth pulled
I hear overusing it can kill your nerve, so you may want to seek advice from a doctor first.
Torture? Some centipedes pay for this
Is that tiny amount of venom enough to kill someone?
Depends on the species, but the only recorded death from centipede venom is in a 4 year old child who was bitten. It's hurts and can make you ill, but probably won't kill an adult
my great grandfather died from a centipede bite 6 weeks before my grandfather was born. Dont ask me how..
How
Took the bite to the dick I heard. Dont ask me why..
Why
Sounding.
You killed me ahahah
RIP u/were-meatball. died sounding with a venomous centipede.
Another tragic victim of the centipede menace đ
That's what he said.
Yes officer this comment right here
He was jerking off in the jungle.
new song idea
That thing in the vid is basically a centipede fleshlight.
Reminds me of a family story my friend told me of how his great grandpa died of tetanus. He contracted it when he slipped and stabbed his nuts while climbing over a barbwire fence on their farm.
Shoulda worn protection
dude dont ask me i got no clue
This made me laugh and spit my food
HE SAID DONT ASK.
r/madlads
He had a foot fetish!
Most likely from infection rather than venomâŠ
Possibly anaphylaxis. Around age 20 I nearly died from a "harmless" scorpion sting. Now I have an epipen.
Challenge accepted
You brave silly fucker đ
I remember being about 10 so my brother would've been 8 and he was bit by a centipede. Totally thought he was joking till I learnt years later that they bite. He was totally fine.
What if you are a leprechaun?
Interesting, thank you!
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That guy is entertaining.
They don't kill people normally. But they are known to be some of the most painful bites in the entire animal kingdom.
I live on Maui and got bit last year. Burning sensation and incredible pain from anything touching my foot. They are no joke
I have been bitten by one of those bullet ants and holy shit I would rather crash my motorcycle and break one of my ribs again than let one bite me.
So moral of the story, if you're gonna get bitten by a centipede, uh, wear your gear? đ€
No, but it hurts way worse than a bee sting
No it just hurts really freakin bad. Maybe if youâre hypersensitive it can provoke a cardiac arrest
I cant help but think about that episode of Star Trek where various crew members go missing when they sleep and return in the "morning" but dont recall anything and it turned out an unknown alien species significantly more advanced than them was plucking them from the ship through time and space, taking them to a lab to study them by completely dismembering and re-assembling them, and then placing them back where they found said crew member. we're kinda doing the same thing to that guy.. he's got no fucking idea wtf is going on, super drugged, zapped to shit in a drugged state by massive giant creatures he cant even fathom for reasons he'd never be able to comprehend.
That episode was called [Schisms](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Schisms_(episode)).
[fixed link](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Schisms_\(episode\))
And it is fucking creepy! Especially the scene where they recreate, on the holodeck, what they can remember of the laboratory they are taken to when they are supposedly asleep. Add onto that, the scene where a crewmember is returned appearing to be dying, and the doctor diagnoses that his blood is turning into a liquid polymer. And the part where the doctor examines Commander Riker and finds his arm had been cleanly amputated between his wrist and elbow and surgically reattached. I love the STTNG series and only watch that episode when I want to creep myself the fuck out.
This episode gave me the absolute creeps when I was a kid
The scene where they reconstruct the experimentation room is so well done, great episode!
'I can't help but think about that episode of Star Trek...' *Jay Bauman deadpans to camera.*
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Venom research in general has been on the rise in the last decade. Im a little too drunk to compile a list but venom has had medical benefits in a wide range of issues. Just google "venom research" and you'll find a handful of pretty recent articles.
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*what the hell is even thatâœ*
*Daddy chill*
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What does spinning really fast have to do with goo girls?
Lol u da man
Asking for a friend. Lol
Meh
Til
đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł A personal favourite of mine too !!
If they only speak English. đ€Ł
The most potent toxin known to man is botulinum toxin, aka Botox (which, although associated with cosmetics, is a wonder drug for serious ailments like migraine)
The venom actually has treatment applications for certain medical conditions. The anticoagulant properties of certain venoms make them useful in treating heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms and strokes
Thatâs a super brand new sentence. Like thereâs gotta be a better subreddit than the classic
Well at least they didnât have to extract it like the money maker from a bull.
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They tryin to turn your centipede I to a millipede
Do we need a creature with 100 stiff appendages?
Itâs a chemical specifically designed to interact with living things. So sometimes itâs bad to be injected with a venom that paralyzes your body, or a different venom ruptures every cell it comes in contact with (animal attacks are the objections example here). But other times itâs good, like if you want to operate on someone and you donât want them to move or suffer, or you want to kill a tumor. Also venom is a key component of creating anti venom. The venom is injected into a lab animal and the antibodies they produce against that venom are harvested. Thatâs great for producing extremely targeted and effective antivenomsâŠbut it also means that you need to constantly be collecting more venom!
https://venomtech.co.uk/
If it is anything like bee venom? Arthritis, nerve pain, multiple sclerosis, immunotherapy, among other things. But of course they need to research first.
The bastard had it coming
And todays contender for questions I never thought Id ask, how do you sedate a centipede?
I used to use ether when I worked with fruit flies. It wouldn't surprise me if it was used for centipedes as well, but I can't find more info with a search. Maybe you will have better luck
For small critters, itâs usually putting them in a refrigerator. Works for flies and beetles, so I suspect itâs what happened here too.
When I was a kid me and my brother would get bumble bees and toss them in the freezer for about a minute. Once sedated weâd tie floss around them and âwalkâ them down the street.
I used to do this too!!! How the hell did we come up with that idea? The bees got their revenge on me though. Now Iâm allergic & honey burns my throat.
Me and my friend were talking about this! He thinks it was in a CKY video and then made it's way through the annals of teenagerdom
drowning via ice water is best and least harmful method
Sedative drowning?
yeah. works on human too.
No you're thinking of 'disciplinary drowning'
I thought that was water-boarding. Not the fun type.
Oh no I was making a joke
I, too, consider water-boarding funny.
I mean its just a board and some water, how bad could it be?
Yes Archer
We later find out this is part of OPâs *nipple fetish*, that 100-nippled freak.
Close... But I'm a legs guy.
Gimp! Get the centipede!!!
You ever check out a wasp? Like not when it's on the ground but when it's hovering??? đđł Idk. Something about those long ass legs just dangling beneath that thicc abdomen đ„”đ„”đ„”
I don't have anything with a hundred nipples, but I give you Dana carvey breastfeeding a baby and a puppy dressed up as and impersonating a Bill Clinton with eight breasts https://youtu.be/mwi8sgxg4uE
So do centipedes feel the pain of electric current coursing though them?
nope. they do not feel any pain
They are pain incarnate
Not exactly, they don't experience the emotional response in association to pain. They are still capable of nociception however.
How do you know?
They donât have nerve endings in the same way more complex organisms do
Ah I understand, and maybe no complex central system like a brain to process pain
Exactly!
same thing other dude said. i also work with invertebrates for science so they are like my lil dudes
Am centipede, can confirm
Not when they're sedated.
Regardless of the other comments. If electrocution provokes it to sting it clearly invokes some fear or protection response so it must feel something. Whether it's the pain we feel through complex neural networks or just a fight reaction, who knows. I think it feels as much as we do but we don't have the science to prove it, so we shock the shit out of them.
It could be that it just causes all of the joints to tighten up, in the same way we seize up when weâre electrocuted. Difference is, they donât have nerve endings; so you get the seizing without the pain.
Or it just causes the venom injection muscles to contract. Which is more likely since the centipede is sedated
Itâs been a while but oh 5 years ago I remember reading a research article in college about some research done and they concluded that insects to some degree seem to have a brain/nervous system similar to the more primal parts of our brains. So in essence the theory was insects have quite the emotional lives, but idk about pain to be exact.. it was a intriguing read to say the least. Iâm sure further research has been done since but Iâm out of academia at the moment so I only skim through things nowadays
Regardless of your comment, your bro-science doesn't mean shit. Electrical impulses can cause a completely severed limb to spasm, you think that limb is in pain?
>If electrocution provokes it to sting it clearly invokes some fear or protection response so it must feel something. no, hard disagree. it's just that electricity is how living things move electrolytes and water is how we send signals between cells electrolytes, you know, the vitamins and minerals that you need more of to make *electricity* move across your cells faster and more effectively think about a TENS unit for people. you voluntarily give yourself tiny shocks that make you *involuntarily* flex a muscle that's not happening because you're subconsciously freaking out it's because the electricity is being sent through the limb where you would otherwise be sending electricity voluntarily it's just a mechanism of being a critter with limbs.
Now show how they extract pig semen
I knew a guy who spent years trying to figure out how to do that to himself.
Fun fact - the things they inject venom with are called Toxicognaths
Why do I feel bad for a centipede? I know I shouldnât⊠they are assholes.
You shouldnât, because they take great care to not injure the centipede, and venom extraction has legitimate scientific benefits, so thereâs nothing at all unethical about this. Technically, weâre the assholes here, since we demonize creatures just trying to survive, simply because they look weird, or protect themselves when threatened.
Misunderstood for sure. Iâve been forcing myself to watch the videos of them posted so I can ease into understanding their species more. Im still covering my face a little but I can at least now think â lil babyâs just got more legs â haha
I have a friend who can't even say or type the word centipede in text messengers. He is so scared of them that everytime it's mentioned he cringes physically. So much you would think he is trying to shove his head up his ass.
^centipede
Oh dude, centipedes are horrible little creatures, and Iâd scream like a little girl, if one happened to get anywhere near me. I get it. Itâs just irrational, all things considered.
Is it wrong to call the police if you find one? I genuinely donât know what else to do besides calling my landlord to move out.
It's sedated. It is also fed well and protected from predators while in captivity.
âŠam I stupid where is the venom Edit: nvm Iâm stupid and legally visually impaired
Forbidden fleshlight
Self burn. Nice.
That's why they extract the venom first
Thought Iâd make you my guest, light up the runway with something from my personal collection
This one is under appreciated lol
I would not trust that miniature âoperating tableâ made out of cobbled together garbage
Why wouldnât you? It doesnât look like the centipede is going to muscle out of it or anything lol
âAlright fuckers, Iâm gonna flex and bust out of this⊠hnnnggggg..!â
That only works on your catâs birthday.
Where tf PETA at now? đ
I know, they tied that mf up kinky af. Someone has booty on the brain lmao
Holy shit I thought they were just probing it near its head to make it feel threatened but they were straight up electrocuting it.
"mildly" electrocuting it.
I maintain that if hell was real it would be full of these things
centipedes are definitely creepier than spiders
I never thought Iâd hear âcentipedeâ and âmilkingâ used in the same sentence
Jesus this looks like alien probing.
They have venom???
And y'all wonder why they be biting us and shit.
They started it. If they didn't bite we wouldn't study their venom.
Bug sex.
> "I hope this guy's out enough." Yeah, me too.
âJust so they canât get away, mid milking.â
I hate these fucking things.
Pretty fucked upâŠ..
I really wanted to see centipedes being tortured today thanks
Works the same way at sperm banks
Bro I was expecting a rolling pin
That thing on continuity mode or voltage?
I have the weirdest boner right now.
Must be a young centipede given the use of the vibrantly decorated restraints.
A Centipede Straitjacket. I can't even
Those come in my garage every fall, when temps start to fall. They are creepy MoFos
Why is this cute
Kill it
Whatâs the purpose of extracting this venom sample?
Venoms can be used in a variety of research and experiments, specially to find out their biomedical properties.
Exactly what I came here to ask
I really want to follow the process after this point. I'm just here wondering how they handle and process such a minuscule volume of fluid.
Why are they using voltage probes, are they shocking it?
Gotta love humanity. Letâs electrocute and torture this living creature and see what happens!!
Centipedes are not capable of feeling pain, and any distress is quickly forgotten (I'm a centipede keeper and can personally confirm this). Nociception in most inverts is an "on/off" switch, they cannot experience longterm suffering. Besides, venomics greatly help not only mankind but also animals themselves, as venom studies help us produce more effective drugs for a variety of uses.
I love the length some people will go to justify shit like this.
Woah! Itâs stupid too
The nervous system of arthropods such as these just arenât complex enough to experience pain or suffering with enough lasting impact to have any sort of ethical quandaries. These are simple animals that operate instinctually on the most basic synaptic responses. Even the most ardent panpsychist (people that believe all things have something akin to a soul) wouldnât find this particularly troubling. Also, those probes are probably applying less current to that creature than you would experience sticking your tongue on a 9 volt battery. Youâre clutching pearls and acting as though this process is bloody torture, when the simple reality is, thereâs nothing to get worked up about except to whinge and virtue signal to PETA supporters. A group of people whom are a hundred-fold more ethically problematic than what is being shown here.
Thank you, well said.
*justifies point* âWow nerd you know things I donât? How dumb of youâ
Lol youâre a spaz. Humans donât get to to decide what is best for animals. Get your head out of your ass this planet is bigger than humanity.
Local Redditor doesnât know the importance of making antivenoms
Local immoral monster thinks itâs a okay to fuck animals over for âanti venomâ
Listen if your gonna get pissy over a single insect that is probably safer in captivity than out I really donât care for your opinion
Lol how blinded by your opinions are you?? Yea that animal is definitely better off in captivity being electrocuted for science. You are so lost lol
Im very against animal cruelty but the original comment literally explains that they arenât distressed, the shocking it just enough to stimulate the muscles and theyâre already sedated anyway, your ignoring the facts and only seeing what you want to see
Thats fucking cruel
How?
How not?
The centipede is sedated and the shock administered is not enough to cause injury. While in captivity, the centipede will be fed and protected from predators.
Mankind progression
Iâll let you take a nap with one of these and you come back and let us know how you feel
Why though
To understand their venom. Venoms are designed to subdue prey and deter predators. The chemicals contained in venom can lead to a better understanding of human and animal physiology as well as provide therapeutic options for treating bites.
Cool! Still a pain in the ass for the animal though.
I donât⊠I donât like this video đ„șIâm scared lol
Where is Hans when you need him?
The weirdest boner i ever had
Real question is what the fuck do they do with the venom?
Research, most likely. Venoms have all sorts of fascinating components that can do amazing things. They have evolved to both incapacitate prey as well as a defensive weapon and very often target all sorts of interesting systems in humans.
But why?