CBS4 (Doral, Florida) 11 February 06 Rare Attack By Man's Pet Vietnamese Centipede (Jawan Strader)
Kendall: A South Florida man is recovering after he was stung -- not by a snake, but by his pet Vietnamese centipede -- considered one of the deadliest in the world. Experts say the victim is very lucky. He's in stable condition at Baptist Hospital.
The animal is just 6 to 7 inches long. The owner was changing its water bowl when the centipede quickly attacked.
Doctors were puzzled by the creepy crawler. Then, they realized they were dealing with one of the deadliest centipedes in the world.
This incident was actually just the second case of a Vietnamese centipede bite in the U.S. It's so rare that anti-venin is not kept on-hand.
And Al Cruz of Miami-Dade's Anti-Venom Unit told CBS4 News the pain can be 10 times more severe than a scorpion's sting because of the centipede's large fangs and toxic venom.
Rare Attack By Man's Pet Vietnamese Centipede
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FL Press: Rare Attack By Man's Pet Vietnamese Centipede
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Quote" Kendall: A South Florida man is recovering after he was stung -- not by a snake, but by his pet Vietnamese centipede -- considered one of the deadliest in the world."
Sorry to say but neither Centipedes or Snakes STING this story was blown WAY out of proportion....I actually contacted the news sation in FL the day this was posted and had it retracted, because of the number of untrue statements in the article....Moral to the story "PLEASE PLEASE Do NOt Believe every thing that you read...."
