Escolopendra feeding on road kill in Spain

[cliveGrazalema]

Got sent a fascinating video taken by Boran Zlatarev of a Megarian banded centipede – Scolopendra cingulata – Escolopendra feeding on road kill in Spain. (Horseshoe whip snake). Most people think that these centipedes hunt and kill live prey but this video shows that opportunistic carrion is also a part of their daily diet.

Read about it and watch the video here: https://wildsideholidays.co.uk/megarian-banded-centipede-scolopendra-cingulata-escolopendra/

Or on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83WXvcEm-ak

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[Rachel]

I saw three eating a dead rat once… One of them had gone into the body through the eye socket!!!! Ewk!!!!!

[jardineryPinoso]

these scare me! but that’s fascinating, thank you.

 

[cliveGrazalema]

Oh, they aren’t so bad (so long as you don’t find one in your bed at nightime!!!! 🙂

(Welcome to the forum jardinery! Look forward to hearing news from your neck of the woods…. You can put a link to your website in your signature if you like. 🙂

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[SteveTYatton]

It’s the way they walk and act – with apparent excess confidence, that fascinates me and makes me wary too.

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