A good writer would probably try to build up some sort of suspense right now. The title of this post is “Giant Centipede vs. Summer” so I could lead you to believe that Summer got stung / bit by one, but nope, she is fine, just a little shook up.

We were gardening in the back yard when Summer screamed for me to come over. She found a giant centipede under one of the potted palms we have in the back yard. So, here is what I did. I took a big shovel and chopped it into 4 pieces. I then threw the centipede pieces into the quebrada and held them under water until all of the life was suffocated out of it. I probably saved Summers life.

Fun Centipede Facts to help you sleep at night:

• Centipedes have existed for over 400 million years
• Two Curled Hallow Fangs Inject Venom
• Size ranges from a few millimeters to a foot long
• Found in soil, leaf litter, under stones, deadwood, and inside logs
• Elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment
• Poison claws or forcipules at the fist appendage unites this subterranean species
• They hunt humans for sport (just kidding)

Notice the Penny for Perspective on how big this Centipede is.

I was telling this story to some of the guys at poker the other night and they told me that I shouldn’t have thrown it away, that I should have put it in a jar full of alcohol and made an ‘anti-venom’ in case someone gets stung or bit. If a centipede gets you, you rub the alcohol (that has been marinating a centipede) on the spot and PRESTO, you have homemade Centipede Anti-venom.