I finally got bitten by my S. castaneiceps

KyuZo

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I finally got bitten by my S. castaneiceps.

I guess the experience was interesting. I was bitten on my right hand's pinkie.
it was a mild pain that lasted for only 30 minutes.

after 30 minutes the pain is completely gone, and half of the back side of my palm (on the pinkie side) swells. it stay swell for a day, the next day it began to die off, and by the third day the swelling is gone completely.
 

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How long did the bite last? Any noticeable "pumping"?
 

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How long did the bite last? Any noticeable "pumping"?
about 2 seconds. the spots where it bit me were white as oppose to my pinkish red skin.

give me a sec and i can load you a picture.
 

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my veins usually "pop" outs and are visible as you can see near my thumbs, but on the side where i was bitten, you can't see them because it was swelling.
 
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Wow that was a pretty good bite and the reaction much like mine. I had a good bite on my left arm and my forearm swelled for two or three days. It was pretty painful at first.
 

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the swelling only lasted 2 days. on the second day it had already started deflating. on the third day it was gone completely.

on the pain scale i m gonna say it was a 2 or 2.5 out of a 5
 

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Sounds real similar to my bite. When it bit me, I reacted by turning that sucker into a pede boomerang, flying across my kitchen, but it was OK. I don't mess with pedes much like this anymore.
 

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yea, i know what you mean.

my centipede's mood vary from day to day. sometime i can handle her and other times i just can't.
 

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Hay Kyuzo,
I been bit or stung by many T's and scorps.But a centipede bite is something
I haven't experienced yet and have no plans on doing in the future.I'm glad
your doing well.
 

KyuZo

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thanks,
I always wonder what it feels like to get bitten, but never really have the gut to just let it bite me.

i finally got bitten and it was a nice experience. now i know.
 

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A few years ago I had a nice castaneiceps jump out onto my arm while transferring containers so I thought "I'll just be calm, put my arm to the floor, hold still and let him walk down". I had never purposefully handled heros. He walked down my arm towards the floor, past my elbow, forearm, wrist, palm... I figured I'd just throw a container over him when he hit the floor, no problem at all. When his head got to my fingers he bent his head in and injected venom with all his might into the thin skin between the fingers, one maxilliped on each side. He couldn't have found a better place to bite. If I hadn't been so smart and calm I would have flung him across the room before he bit me rather than after (he is fine of course).
 

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i was eaten by one =P



[YOUTUBE]kcLbHxUQ3WY[/YOUTUBE]
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Galapoheros

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Good way to save on feeders Andrew. Yeah Orin I remember that sight like it was yesterday, how all of the sudden it put it's head down, brought it's antennae back and WHAM! It looked like an unexpected big effort to let me have it, sounds like the same scene.
 
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KyuZo

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wow, you have pretty thick skin and that's a pretty cool video.
 

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"finally"?hahaha.nice title.
i wonder how much pain a mutilans would give me...
 

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Hey KyuZo, how big's your 'pede? Looks like a nice tag you've got there, hope you're both doing ok ;)

PS: Love that vid caco! Adorable little "man-eater" :cool:
 

KyuZo

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Hey KyuZo, how big's your 'pede? Looks like a nice tag you've got there, hope you're both doing ok ;)
it's only 6" right now.

we both doing fine, thanks for asking.

she and i haven't been talking ever since she bit me.
 
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