The truth no one ever knew about centipedes

The centipede was scary, so maybe not many people knew about me. So today, I will give you some knowledge about this super species.

Hello! I am a centipede! More precisely, I'm a giant centipede of the Amazon forest.

There is a fact that almost everyone is afraid of centipedes. I agreed, because I looked at my fellow man very often and was startled. The guys who raised centipedes made the scene actually because of the creepy crawling of their legs and feet, they did not see any cuteness.

In short, I'm scary. Fearful, crashing into many people do not bother to find out what interesting points I have. Simply afraid, but afraid to stay away.

So today I appeared, wishing to confuse some information of their centipede. At the very least, you should not beat this fellow housewife with the bugs.

1. Because centipedes are not insects

Our centipede was heavily mistaken by insects, but it was a mistake. The truth is that even though centipedes are also arthropods, they are classified into the lip's lip. We only share with them, but completely different classes.

The basic difference between insects and centipedes, is that insects have only 6 legs, and we have a lot more like that . Similarly, the scorpion brother is not an insect.

2. Meet me, you guys will understand what is a giant centipede

Because I'm so big. In the centipede family, the group in Amazon we are the largest. An adult centipede can grow up to 30cm, even more. That is the record of the whole family.

3. A bite of centipede is slightly painful

You probably know that centipedes are poisonous? My two front limbs were a bit odd, looking like a pair of fangs, and they were poisonous. That poison is used to hunt and defend, that's all.

Because of the "giant" title, my prey is also diverse. From lizards, frogs, and rodents, all the guys went through my hands.

Honestly, the poison of the centipede is not too strong, almost no case of death due to the bite of the centipede. However, let me tell you the truth: my poison can cause one of the most terrible pain in the world. So stay away from me, young men.

4. Centipedes never have 100 legs

The human race also gave me a centipede called "a hundred feet". I agree that it is true, but the number will never be 100. Remember, never.

The number of legs of a centipede depends on many factors. There are only 30 species, but he has up to . nearly 400 feet. However, there is a non-volatile rule, that is, the number of pairs of centipedes is always odd.

So, the leg of my centipede will never be 100, because 50 pairs of legs are even numbers.

The number of legs of the centipede is also unstable, because it depends on . life events. When attacked, I was willing to sacrifice a few pairs of legs to escape, and then through the molting, those legs were restored, or . grew more.

5. Never attack me from behind

And I will explain to you the reason. Normally, we have a pair of antennas on our heads, used to detect food around. But with Amazon centipedes alone, we can use some of the last pair of legs to make backup antennas.

In other words, no matter who is inaccessible from behind, I don't know.