This is the absolute last thing you’d want to find in your toilet (Picture: LiveLeak/livelurked)

Most people quite fairly expect their toilet to be a sanctuary, somewhere they can retreat a couple of times a day to do the necessary.

But for this woman her moment of peace turned to horror when a giant African millipede climbed up the U-bend.

Unsurprisingly she reacts in horror at the meaty creature, screaming as the thing writhes and twists in the bowl, thrashing its tiny legs.

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It is unclear where the video was filmed, but viewers agree the creature does indeed seem to be a giant African millipede, one of the world’s largest arthropods, with an adult size of up to 15.2in in length with a girth of 2.6in.



Watch the full horror unfold here:

UPDATE 01/01/15: Debate is raging over whether the creature is a millipede, or in fact, as some commentators suggest, a centipede. If any zoologists are reading, please leave your expert view in the comments section below.

You want a close up of that? (Picture: Reuters)

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