Hoi Squeamous

[JPaul]

Almost half eleven.

[Biggles]

I didn't enjoy the video

1) because I think giant psycho centipedes are pretty gross.

2) because it was filmed for vicarious pleasure rather than any natural science insight. As rule people who keep pets that prey on mice, such as spiders, snakes and giant centipedes, feed them dead ones warmed up to body temp. They don't usually lob a live one into the cage for fun.

3) It is actually possible to pick pet spiders and snakes up - the latter quite enjoy it - but giant centipedes are very poisonous and are not desperately cuddly.

[Snee]

What about that shark attacks whale vid on youporn.
Is that wrong.

It's fantastic is what it is.

[Squeamous]

What about that shark attacks whale vid on youporn.
Is that wrong.

It's not wrong if you're not getting any pleasure out of it.

I swear that's a line from Rob Roy .

[Squeamous]

I didn't enjoy the video

1) because I think giant psycho centipedes are pretty gross.

2) because it was filmed for vicarious pleasure rather than any natural science insight. As rule people who keep pets that prey on mice, such as spiders, snakes and giant centipedes, feed them dead ones warmed up to body temp. They don't usually lob a live one into the cage for fun.

3) It is actually possible to pick pet spiders and snakes up - the latter quite enjoy it - but giant centipedes are very poisonous and are not desperately cuddly.

Point 2...spot on.

[Something Else]

Poor predatory animals. It's not half the fun for them with dead prey.

Not only have they been taken from their natural environment, but they've had their hunting skills demoted to munching warmed up dead stuff to appease our sense of squeamousness.

[JPaul]

2) because it was filmed for vicarious pleasure rather than any natural science insight. As rule people who keep pets that prey on mice, such as spiders, snakes and giant centipedes, feed them dead ones warmed up to body temp. They don't usually lob a live one into the cage for fun.

That's meaningless, the motivation is neither here nor there. The fact of the matter is that in nature the big bug thing would kill the mouse and eat it. Not necessarily in that order. It would not get a dead one and heat it up to body temperature prior to eating it.

You are verging on anthropomorphising in order to pass judgement on morons. The fact is that what they recorded is more natural than filming a warmed up corpse being eaten.

Why they did it is irrelevant.

In fact it probably gave us a better "natural science insight" for that. As they didn't fell encumbered by the normal social mores when filming it. The BBC would have shown something much more sanitised.

[Squeamous]

So you're suggesting we don't anthropomorphise morons? Maybe you have a point.

[Biggles]

2) because it was filmed for vicarious pleasure rather than any natural science insight. As rule people who keep pets that prey on mice, such as spiders, snakes and giant centipedes, feed them dead ones warmed up to body temp. They don't usually lob a live one into the cage for fun.

That's meaningless, the motivation is neither here nor there. The fact of the matter is that in nature the big bug thing would kill the mouse and eat it. Not necessarily in that order. It would not get a dead one and heat it up to body temperature prior to eating it.

You are verging on anthropomorphising in order to pass judgement on morons. The fact is that what they recorded is more natural than filming a warmed up corpse being eaten.

Why they did it is irrelevant.

In fact it probably gave us a better "natural science insight" for that. As they didn't fell encumbered by the normal social mores when filming it. The BBC would have shown something much more sanitised.

Well giant centipedes do scavenge as well as catch live prey so a dead one is perfectly OK.

I actually have no issue with the centipede, its motivation is not in question. They are predators, they eat. However, the motivation of the video makers is an issue. They are getting their jollies at the expense of the mouse. A small thing perhaps but I tend to distrust those so jollied as it is often a small step to more vicious past times.

My objection is solely with the video makers - unattractive though I find the wee multi-legged type.

[Something Else]

I had the sound off when I watched it so I haven't a clue what you are all talking about.