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    Giant Centipede Attack:

    Woke up to the sounds of screams two mornings ago...Missus surprised a foot-long centipede in the kitchen...I had to get dressed, so her sister, who was staying the night downstairs, responded first, and clubbed the bstrd's head flat..

    Yesterday morning, next door neighbour, who gets up early every morning (4:00am), wandered into the bathroom and stepped on one the same size...
    It showed no mercy...struck him 3 times before he "woke up"...But he's a tough old guy (Thai Vietnam vet)...When I saw him later, he had his lower leg clamped in a tourniquet, waiting for his ride to the hospital...more embarrassed than anything...

    But these are wicked looking fckers...especially when they are large...and apparently the bite is quite painful...

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    are they the armour plated looking motherfuckers?




    withnallstokes been bit by one of them. nasty

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    Yep...that's the one...

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    Quote Originally Posted by BaitongBoy View Post
    Yep...that's the one...
    i met a farang monk years ago and he reckons they are the most aggressive creatures he's come across. he said where most creatures, snakes etc... will try to avoid you at all costs these critters will go out of their way to have a pop at you. how accurate that is i don't know.

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    I had an old mirror outside and I moved it today and felt something biting on my finger when I was carrying it.

    I turned it around and was looking at a 12 inch long Dokgar.

    Bastard scared the shit out of me but I didn't drop the mirror.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    I had an old mirror outside and I moved it today and felt something biting on my finger when I was carrying it.

    I turned it around and was looking at a 12 inch long Dokgar.

    Bastard scared the shit out of me but I didn't drop the mirror.
    Thanks, glad you posted that, I have at least one and probably more living around my back door and in my kitchen and never knew they were vicious. I'll at least keep my distance now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    I had an old mirror outside and I moved it today and felt something biting on my finger when I was carrying it.

    I turned it around and was looking at a 12 inch long Dokgar.

    Bastard scared the shit out of me but I didn't drop the mirror.
    Thanks, glad you posted that, I have at least one and probably more living around my back door and in my kitchen and never knew they were vicious. I'll at least keep my distance now.
    I had one outside my hotel room and the cleaners told me it was very dangerous and not to disturb it from its crevice and better to just let it go on waking me up every 45 minutes all night.

    That one maybe needs to see a doctor. Looks like my nob after my first trip to Thailand

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    ^Calm and coolheaded...as usual...

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    Most aggressive critters I have come across:

    1. Red Ants (Mot Dang)
    2. Australian Tiger Snake.
    3. DoKgars.
    4. Funnel web spiders.
    5. Any dog that is guarding a young baby.
    6. Leeches.

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    i meant to say in thailand.

    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    Most aggressive critters I have come across:

    1. Red Ants (Mot Dang)
    2. Australian Tiger Snake.
    3. DoKgars.
    4. Funnel web spiders.
    5. Any dog that is guarding a young baby.
    6. Leeches.
    who lets a dog guard their baby?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    Most aggressive critters I have come across:

    1. Red Ants (Mot Dang)
    2. Australian Tiger Snake.
    3. DoKgars.
    4. Funnel web spiders.
    5. Any dog that is guarding a young baby.
    6. Leeches.
    Add Kiwi's to that list...!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by alwarner
    who lets a dog guard their baby?
    Some dogs are very protective of it's families children.

    I had a golden retriever and nobody could go anywhere my wife or children if I was not around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by alwarner
    who lets a dog guard their baby?
    Some dogs are very protective of it's families children.

    I had a golden retriever and nobody could go anywhere my wife or children if I was not around.
    oh right; see what you mean now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alwarner
    who lets a dog guard their baby?
    i do ...i never ostrisized the dog when the baby came along, they grew up together and were great mates..[bully/cattle cross] no one got near me daughter while that old dog was around..R.I.P. GERTRUDE

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    What's a Dokgar ?


    One of these ?

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    he means the mother fucker centipedes. vicious as fuk. cut ones head off once still moved for three days

    Takharb I remeber them being called. they compress if trod on and if you get the wrong end the will swing round and bite you.

    I once found one in my 18 month old (at the time) baby bottle sterilisation kit. shit my self. but punishment was dealt. Hard work too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Orange View Post
    he means the mother fucker centipedes. vicious as fuk. cut ones head off once still moved for three days

    Takharb I remeber them being called. they compress if trod on and if you get the wrong end the will swing round and bite you.

    I once found one in my 18 month old (at the time) baby bottle sterilisation kit. shit my self. but punishment was dealt. Hard work too.
    I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.

    Personally I hate centipedes. Had one in a dive boot in the PI once- didn't bite me til the boot filled with water. Found it curled around my toe after the dive. I had a bad reaction to the bite.
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    look at this cnut

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Orange View Post
    look at this cnut
    I did not know they could move as fast as this one does near the end of the video. Horrible things.

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    If it was one of these, then they're armless. Loads of legs, but armless.

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    That's a millipede not a centipede. The will curl up into a circle if disturbed. We had them in Africa when I was a kid.... we called them chongololos. Harmless.

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    thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo
    I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.
    not what the title suggests

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Orange View Post
    thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo
    I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.
    not what the title suggests
    The OP isn't LT. The word for "centipede" in Thai isn't even close to "dokgar," more like "mangpong." Hard to imagine someone holding onto a mirror with a 12-inch centipede sinking its fangs into their finger, unless LT is an even harder man than legend has it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Orange View Post
    thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo
    I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.
    not what the title suggests
    The OP isn't LT. The word for "centipede" in Thai isn't even close to "dokgar," more like "mangpong." .

    No, that is a scorpion.แมงป่อง

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    Quote Originally Posted by pescator View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Orange View Post
    thats a millipede; harmless, just curl up

    Quote Originally Posted by robuzo
    I don't think he does, I think he means "duk-gaa," the Tokay gecko. Those things will go for you if they feel threatened. I saw one put a hurting on a meter-long tree snake.
    not what the title suggests
    The OP isn't LT. The word for "centipede" in Thai isn't even close to "dokgar," more like "mangpong." .

    No, that is a scorpion.แมงป่อง
    Jeez, what was I thinking. I've only seen the video shop logo about a million times. Been practicing my pronunciation with my coaches all morning, takhab. (That t/d ต business still trips me up when I hear it.)
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