<a href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=605">Giant Carnivorous Centipedes</a> tells you all can probably stand to know about <iq>Scolopendra gigantea, a venomous, red-maroon centipede with forty-six yellow-tinted legs</iq>, which reach <iq>lengths of over thirty-five centimeters</iq> (almost 14 inches). They're carnivores, but beasts of this size (lovingly described as a bitter repast themselves in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Papillon-Henri-Charriere/dp/0060934794/sr=8-1/qid=1164656298/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8039364-0011826?ie=UTF8&s=books" source="Amazon" author="Henri Charriere">Papillon</a>) must necessarily seek larger prey than mere beetles and spiders. <bq>In an environment completely devoid of light, the centipede scurries across the damp floor, stepping over writhing mounds of beetles to scale the wall and clamber across the ceiling into a position near the center. The giant centipede then grips the stone with it rear legs, allowing its forward segments to dangle into the cave below. Its front section sways as its legs wriggle through the air in search of the intended target: a passing bat.</bq> There's a <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8313878609430213933">video</a> (embedded below) of this most amazing hunting tactic---and it's one of those that makes you wonder how they set up the cameras to capture it. <media src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8313878609430213933" align="center" class="frame">