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Thursday, December 26, 2013

roller coaster on meth (7/18/10)

Aargh!! 

What's bigger than a cockroach, has a lot more legs, and runs around the floor like a roller coaster on meth? 

And why am I standing on this chair while I type?



  •  The delicate legs enable it to reach surprising speeds of up to 0.4 meters per second (1.3 ft/s)
  •  "It may often be seen darting across floors with very great speed, occasionally stopping suddenly and remaining absolutely motionless, presently to resume its rapid movements." (1902, C. L. Marlatt, an entomologist)
  • When the centipede is at rest, it is not easy to tell its front from its back.
(Wikipedia)

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