r/whywouldyoutouchthat

I’m trying to learn about centipedes, this chonky guy got ahold of my fingers while he was eating and I was cleaning stuff in his container… took me 5 minutes before this video, and then he turned to my hand. I slimed myself.

At first, we think most of them might be melted into a piece of iron. Turn out they still stay as they are.

I gave it a good 6~months of researching 🧐 but I’m pretty sure the last recorded documentation of this 🥒 species in Texas was 1922!!! UNTIL MEEE back in
January 2026.

Thanks to the amazing Cuke researchers who came through on Reddit/FB with the paper depicting the species and I found the Hubert Clark reference/noting the species in Texas once over a century ago!!! 104 years to be precise! And thank you @coastal.studieslab for sending another paper in the search for data on it!

EVERYONE MEET Isostichopus maculatus phoenius!

Peep Fig. 17/18 for reference pics of the species it was identified as! And second link is the original 1922 Clark paper reference from Texas! “Previous taxon”

https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/EJT\_0949\_0001-0096.pdf

https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=145697

Found in garage, west michigan

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A strange rubber like structure was removed from this cow

Definitely not soil

Edit: I have checked my cats fur all over and I see no sign of anything!

Edit: my cats other sleeping spots do not have any signs of this, it's only on top of my bed. It has been a long day so I am going to sleep (in that same bed), so hopefully I don't wake up with a strange rash or any sort of infection

Edit: the stuff is black, the blanket is bright orange, I am not blue, just the way my camera picked up the lighting

Edit: there is nothing above my bed

Edit: cats litter is white, my suitcase is new and not Desintegrating

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It’s super slimy and stringy. Just grossed out bc of the shape and color. Otherwise, I’d assume it’s fat