Giant Venomous Centipede from Behind the Television

One of the world’s largest and highly venomous centipedes has been found crawling up a living room wall in north London. The scolopendra gigantea, nine inches long and an inch wide, a native of Central and South America, was identified by the Natural History Museum. Experts believe that it could have found its way to Britain as a stowaway in electrical equipment or a large import of fruit