This article continues to introduce the doomsday creatures in Love and Monsters, monster number 0049 - Doomsday Centipede.
First of all, let me briefly explain the origin of these doomsday creatures. In the setting of the movie "Love and Monsters", the end of the day originated from an asteroid that crashed into the earth. In order to prevent the destruction of civilization, humanity united to build a large number of rocket missiles, which eventually crushed the asteroid in outer space.
But the disaster did not end there, because a large number of compounds were used to create rocket weapons, and although the asteroids were successfully smashed, these compounds polluted the genes of the thermotropic organisms, causing them to mutate wildly and become huge, and human civilization fell into a huge crisis.
So the doomsday creatures in Love and Monsters are actually natives of The Earth, but they have mutated. Our protagonist today, the Doomsday Centipede (Design Title: Siren), speculates that its prototype is the Earth Centipede. So its biological classification is , arthropods Phytoderma centipedes.
The Doomsday Centipede Siren has largely retained its pre-mutation habits, preferring to live in damp and dark places (it is in the humus layer in the film) as a ferocious carnivore. (but occasionally grazes)
When they enter the cold environment, they will burrow into the ground and enter dormancy mode, waiting for the weather to warm up before recovering. (The male protagonist in the film is unfortunate to encounter a newly revived doomsday centipede, which is hungry and the most dangerous time.) ）
The Shape of the Doomsday Centipede Siren is an enlarged version of the common centipede, but in addition to enlarging the body in equal proportions, it also adds more limbs, becoming a veritable centaur. (Normal centipedes generally have only 20 pairs of feet)
Siren's body is elongated, with a dark brown surface covered with chitinoid beetles. The red hook-like foot is as sharp as a steel spear, densely distributed on both sides of its body, and the ends of the insect's foot are full of poisonous limbs, which can eliminate venom. So don't think that only the centipede will be poisoned if it is bitten, and it can also cause toxin damage by crawling over you. (The main components of centipede venom are histamine-like substances and hemolytic proteins)
Siren and ordinary centipedes differ more from the head, with the head and torso in a straight line, while the Siren head is under the body. In addition, the common centipede generally has only one pair of compound eyes, while Siren has multiple pairs of eyes. What is strange is that Siren has so many eyes, but it has no vision in the setting, and it mainly relies on two oddly long tentacles to detect the outside world. (Siren has eyes in the film, but not in the original)
The insect tail of the common centipede mainly plays a role in interaction during mating, and the tail of the doomsday centipede Siren seems to have mutated into an attack weapon, and the sharp insect clip can easily tear apart the human body.
In addition, the common centipede is a chewing mouthpiece, and the doomsday centipede Siren can also extend the tentacles from the mouth, which is somewhat Cthulhu feeling, but it is biologically superfluous.
Compared with the human body size, the Doomsday Centipede Siren is between 6 and 8 meters long and its weight is immeasurable. Siren's offensive style is basically the same as that of ordinary centipedes, first of all, the body brute force strangles (fixing the prey), and then the poisonous fangs are injected with venom, so that the prey loses the ability to resist, and finally the meal is feasted.
And Siren's defense ability cannot be as weak as described in the film, the male protagonist's two crossbow arrows for this giant beast, should not even be able to break the defense, and in the film it was killed in seconds. This should be related to the theme of "Love and Monsters", where monsters are killed by the protagonist's aura.
As mentioned earlier, the doomsday creatures in Love and Monsters are genetic mutations caused by compound contamination. But it is more like a return to the ancestors in the Doomsday Centipede Siren, because in the Carboniferous Period more than 300 million years ago, there were really more than 3 meters of ancient centipedes. In the Carboniferous Period, the ancient centipede had few natural enemies and belonged to one of the earliest land overlords.
Next, continue to introduce the doomsday creatures in "Love and Monsters", interested partners must pay attention to the big fat cat.