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minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 days agothey also hiss. which scared the crap out of me.
minus-squareFuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoWait…whaaat? THEY WHAT?!? As if they weren’t already scary enough!
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoit’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(” but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoSomething so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoits actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThat’s even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoImagine them fancy opera singing!
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoDo they his in opera? I’d say imagine they’re little jazz musicians going tsss-t-t-tsss-t-t
minus-squareMrShankles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWe call that “snake jazz”, but it is widely known that many creatures (other than snakes) also practice that particular style of jazz
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoits called “Stridulation” and its something a lot of centipedes can do. scared the crap out of me the first time I heard it when I was trying to put one in a cup and take it outside. lol
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoTho a kinda fair wtf reaction to a giant magic glass dome suddenly chasing you.
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoyou know? that’s fair. but it also made me extremely nervous when I hadn’t been moments before. went from skittering around panicking to “I will mess you up >=( I’m dangerous! HISSSSS! LOOK HOW SCARY!”
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago but it also made me extremely nervous when I hadn’t been moments before For a sec I though you were making a joke and talking as the centipede (in first person).
minus-squareNima@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agothe quote was meant to be from the centipede, yes.
they also hiss. which scared the crap out of me.
Wait…whaaat?
THEY WHAT?!?
As if they weren’t already scary enough!
it’s ok! its really just them saying “Please don’t touch me =(”
but it really is a bit jarring the first time you hear it.
Something so small can exhale air loud enough for us to hear it. Absolutely wild!
its actually stridulation! they rub their legs together to make a hissing noise (if I recall correctly). like a cricket kinda. but its a long hiss rather than a chirp.
That’s even crazier! Insect violins, these creatures are.
Imagine them fancy opera singing!
Do they his in opera? I’d say imagine they’re little jazz musicians going tsss-t-t-tsss-t-t
Fancy jazz centisexyleggy!
We call that “snake jazz”, but it is widely known that many creatures (other than snakes) also practice that particular style of jazz
WTFFFFF
its called “Stridulation” and its something a lot of centipedes can do.
scared the crap out of me the first time I heard it when I was trying to put one in a cup and take it outside. lol
Tho a kinda fair wtf reaction to a giant magic glass dome suddenly chasing you.
you know? that’s fair. but it also made me extremely nervous when I hadn’t been moments before.
went from skittering around panicking to “I will mess you up >=( I’m dangerous! HISSSSS! LOOK HOW SCARY!”
For a sec I though you were making a joke and talking as the centipede (in first person).
the quote was meant to be from the centipede, yes.
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