Video: Yikes! Mum is just in time to save baby child from huge centipede

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A video that was featured on national TV showed the moment that a mother grabbed her little child as a large centipede approached. 

 

The mum was on the phone but noticed the "takhap" advancing rapidly around her baby who was playing innocently on the floor. 

 

 

Thai Rath reported that bites from such creatures can be severe and need hospital treatment. 

 

In this case a man who appeared to be the father managed to trap the creature and no harm was done. 

 

Thaivisa notes that complications from bites of especially large centipedes in Thailand can even cause death.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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16 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

In this case a man who appeared to be the father managed to trap the creature and no harm was done. 

Questionable reporting you would have to say. It looks like grandma comes in and not so much traps it, as breaks the things spine, which could be considered harmful if you are the centipede.

I wonder how they cooked it after? 

Having not so long ago suffered from the  "bite" of  one of these creatures I can only have feelings of horror for an infant's uncomprehending agony if it were to be poisoned by one this size !

In cases like this I wonder why someone got enough time left to pick the phone and take a video instead of helping the kid.

10 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

In cases like this I wonder why someone got enough time left to pick the phone and take a video instead of helping the kid.

Looks like a security cam recording.

 

Sorry to disappoint you.

26 minutes ago, faraday said:

Looks like a security cam recording.

 

Sorry to disappoint you.

This. Unless someone was suspended from the ceiling in the upper corner of the room and was able to hold their camera completely immobile throughout, this certainly looks to be CCTV footage.

I got bitten on the second toe by one of these. Night in hospital, ranked pain as 10. Still have problems (occasional stinging pain, often numb) 4 years later. Consulted a physician in Australia specialising in strange things, MRI, nothing.

33 minutes ago, Bluetongue said:

I got bitten on the second toe by one of these. Night in hospital, ranked pain as 10. Still have problems (occasional stinging pain, often numb) 4 years later. Consulted a physician in Australia specialising in strange things, MRI, nothing.

What pain relief were you given?

17 hours ago, rooster59 said:

trap the creature and no harm was done

My 7 month old son sleeps in the living room in a pen. If anything moves in the house - it dies!

23 minutes ago, faraday said:

What pain relief were you given?

Paracetamol to start with, then when the midnight nurse came around the second time, I told her and she gave me a shot, it worked but I dont know what it was.

17 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Having not so long ago suffered from the  "bite" of  one of these creatures I can only have feelings of horror for an infant's uncomprehending agony if it were to be poisoned by one this size !

Yeah they are not pleasant. Mother in law spent 2 days in hospital after being bitten by a big one and suffering a bad reaction.

18 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Questionable reporting you would have to say. It looks like grandma comes in and not so much traps it, as breaks the things spine, which could be considered harmful if you are the centipede.

I wonder how they cooked it after? 

insects dont have spine

Jesus they do like a repeat loop with a bit of zoom in and red pointy arrows with loads of Oohwee' noises .. 

I'd have set that clockwork cat on it .. 

Edited November 29, 20205 yr by Justgrazing
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1 hour ago, douglasspade said:

My 7 month old son sleeps in the living room in a pen. If anything moves in the house - it dies!

How many times have you remarried?

I was bitten by one of these in 2018 and couldn't walk for 3 weeks, very painful, needed morphine injections, we still get them around the house but the dogs keep them at bay. 

maybe if the fat  cow wasnt gawping at her phone and paying attention to her  kid.

2 hours ago, Bluetongue said:

Paracetamol to start with, then when the midnight nurse came around the second time, I told her and she gave me a shot, it worked but I dont know what it was.

Scotch, brandy, vodka....you must know the difference!

17 minutes ago, bodga said:

maybe if the fat  cow wasnt gawping at her phone and paying attention to her  kid.

You are all heart, not really inappropriate for a child to be playing on the floor near the mother, and she did spot the danger, so thankfully was keeping an eye out

Edited November 29, 20205 yr by 473geo

Notice after she picks up the baby, she has time to also pick up her phone and click on it. 

A couple of wonderful words in ths thread. YIKES and GAWPING.

3 minutes ago, Tyler Visan said:

Notice after she picks up the baby, she has time to also pick up her phone and click on it. 

A couple of wonderful words in ths thread. YIKES and GAWPING.

She pulls the baby to safety, job done as grandma sweeps in for the kill, who cares if she clicks on the phone!!

The mum was on the phone, well well well.

Please explain to me:

A buddhist can kill a centipede (and be applauded for doing so) but not a biting soi dog.

 

1 minute ago, oldhippy said:

Please explain to me:

A buddhist can kill a centipede (and be applauded for doing so) but not a biting soi dog.

 

You really think dogs don't disappear?

2 minutes ago, 473geo said:

You really think dogs don't disappear?

Yes they do - but it would not be made public on television.

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

In this case a man who appeared to be the father managed to trap the creature and no harm was done. 

 

 

Dad has breasts and was wearing a dress.

6 hours ago, hkt83100 said:

In cases like this I wonder why someone got enough time left to pick the phone and take a video instead of helping the kid.

CCTV !!

7 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

This. Unless someone was suspended from the ceiling in the upper corner of the room and was able to hold their camera completely immobile throughout, this certainly looks to be CCTV footage.

And not so good quality at that, one bite from that thing would have nigh on killed the kid, i would think!

Looks more like a harmless millipede to me. But then panic is a good option.  I found an Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar and my wife said it was venomous.

1 hour ago, 473geo said:

You really think dogs don't disappear?

They just go to the holiday home for pets pie company in Vietnam.

46 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Looks more like a harmless millipede to me.

 

No, millipedes move much slower, this indeed appears to be a dangerous centipede.