David’s comments raises a question I have. I have been wading Hill Country rivers (Frio, Nueces and Sabinal)and exploring their rocky cliffs and caves for 65 years. I have had encounters with rattlers, water snakes, various lizards and centipedes. I love them all but am especially fascinated with the large centipedes. The largest ones I have seen were between four and five inches long. I seem to remember their coloration was black and various shades of red, yellow and orange. I may have picked up one or two without gloves but was never bitten or stung. I assume they can inflict pain but guess I was lucky (as always) and would like some feedback on this. Are they harmful? Fritz Holt [email protected]
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2019, at 1:54 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > People, including cavers, often associate cave animals with bats. > > I think we often neglect the other critters. For example, name a cave > that is devoted to the preservation of Red-headed Centipede. > > Or any other cave-dwelling centipede. > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Scolopendra_heros.jpg > > I saw a 6 inch long centipede in Brehmer Cave near New Braunfels, around > 1996. I remember the color patter was maroon and black, but can't remember > which color was the > dominating color - Maybe black with some maroon parts ? > > I can only imagine cavers with lots of experience have seen hundreds of these. > > Of course, you probably would not want to crawl around in a cave with 100's > of venomous > centipedes. Would you ? > > On a related note, I have not seen a horned-toad in the wild in over 30 years. > > And on a totally different note, > > Last night, I was driving around 2 a.m. in the morning from Houston to > Gatesville ( northwest of Temple ) > via the small towns around Milano, and I saw > stars for the first time in almost a year. I did not have time to even get > out of the car and look at > the stars. There was still too much light on the horizon and from traffic > to really get a good look at them. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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