At Mikenna's birthday party yesterday, her family showed us a centipede that they caught. It's HUGE! Like six inches huge. And it looks totally fake and is quick as a whip. It was so cool. Mikenna's mom, Cassandra, told us that their hermit crabs had just died, so when they found it in their yard, the caught it and put it in the hermit crab's cage. Then didn't know how to feed it or anything, so they were going to let it starve to death. Here's the best part... THEY LET US TAKE IT HOME FOR THE WEEK!Determined not to let it starve, we did some research on the internet and found out that centipedes are "generalist" predators, which means they pretty much eat anything that's not too much bigger than it and that they can catch. It said that usually this means they eat worms and grubs and stuff like that. Yesterday we went to find some worms, but it was raining and we couldn't find any right away, so we grabbed a snail and threw it in the cage. The centipede didn't have much interest in the snail. Maybe the shell doesn't look very appetizing.
Well on the way back from our failed bowling trip (I'll post about that later), we were getting out of the van and saw a giant, fat earthworm. Gabe picked it up, we ran into the house and I threw it in the cage with the centipede. He jumped right on it and started munching away on it. He started at the head and just kept working his way down. A couple hours later, he was still eating it and wasn't even half way through. He's taking a break now and drinking some water we put in his shell. I guess eating a juicy earthworm makes you hungry.
Coolest. Thing. Ever.
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That is the coolest thing ever.
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