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"Beautiful and Dangerous:
Arizona desert centipedes, also known as giant desert centipedes, are one of the biggest and most beautifully colorful species of centipedes in the world.
While they can only grow to 8 inches in the wild, they have been known to grow to 1 foot long in captivity! Unfortunately, they are extremely venomous, and their bites sting for days.",
"Creating A Diversion:
As a defense mechanism, house centipedes can remove their legs.
When the house centipede escapes from its attacker, the leg it leaves behind will continue to twitch in order to distract the enemy from its swift departure.",
"All in the Family:
Centipedes and millipedes are related to crawfish, lobsters, and shrimp.
The arthropod family is the biggest in the animal kingdom, and includes all insects, arachnids, crustaceans.",
"Centipedes Make Excellent Citizens:
Centipedes are helpful to the environment because they help control rodent and insect population, and even prevent lizard and bird populations from growing too large. ",
"Insect Linguistics:
Both centipedes and millipedes are from the class of myriapods.
The origin of this word is myriad, which refers to a large indeterminable number. In Greek, myriad comes from murias which means ten thousand and murios which means countless. ",
"Killer Claw:
Centipedes are nocturnal, venomous predators typically located in tropical habitats.
Their venom is injected into their victims from their claws. Centipede venom can be deadly to humans.",
"Long and Lovely:
The average centipede has a body with between 15 and 173 segments. ",
"Pet Centipede:
Unlike most pets, centipedes do not like to be touched. In fact, they may see touch as a type of attack and have been known to bite their owners for picking them up.
Centipedes that have to be removed from their cages need to be handled with care. This means using snake handling equipment and/or special pet gloves.
These creatures avoided while outdoors, and taken out very carefully (though many people kill them) if they end up in the home.",
"A Good Defense is the Best Offense:
Red headed centipedes have tails that look very much like their heads. This confuses predators and can ensure that their most vital organs are not harmed in an attack.
When there red headed centipede is under attack and cannot escape, it will bite repeatedly, ejecting enough venom into predator to paralyze and even kill.",
"Bashful, Not Biting:
Young centipedes are incapable of powerful pinching with their jaws, and it is highly unlikely that they would bite a human.
If they do run towards one it is only because they are attracted to clothing and wish to hide inside it.",
"Good Neighbors:
Some cultures use centipedes to help treat malaria and snakebites.
Because they do not attack crops and ingest the pests that do, centipedes are often viewed as welcome neighbors.",
"Avoid That Venom:
Peruvian giant yellow-legged centipedes have venom that is toxic to everything and anything they hit.
While it will feel like a hornet’s sting to a human, it can also cause fevers, chills, swelling, and significant weakness.
The venom is not typically deadly unless the person is allergic to it.",
"Eastern Immigrants:
The common centipede is native to China and were first introduced to the United States in the year 1916.
They can primarily be found in the eastern part of the United States and along the southeastern coast of North America.",
"Antennae Tell a Tale:
When the Peruvian giant yellow-legged centipede is feeding, its antennae will twitch, and while killing and eating its prey, they will stand straight outward. ",
"The Mythological Centipede:
In Japanese mythology, it is said that men wrestled with giant centipedes. These centipedes were often associated with the land of the dead.",
"Paging Dr. Centipede:
Chinese Red Heads have been used for healing purposes since the time of the Ancient Dynasties.
If the Chinese red-headed centipede is placed on a rash, it is believed the healing process will speed up.
Additionally, if eaten, the Chinese Red Head is believe to stimulate healing in the body as a whole.",
"Centipede Romance:
When the male centipede finds a female with whom he wants to mate, he weaves a silk pad and places sperm on it.
Special pinchers along the tail end of the female, up the sperm pad and the female uses it to fertilize her eggs.
The male will have nothing to do with her or the babies once he has woven his pad.",
"Helpful House mates:
House centipedes were originally native to the Mediterranean, but have spread through Asia, Europe, and North America, reaching Pennsylvania and New York in the 1800s.
As carnivores, their primary diet includes cockroaches, spiders, termites, and other household pests. ",
"Peruvian Predator:
The Peruvian Giant Centipede female has stronger venom then the male does. Though there is no record of the creature ever killing a human, research is so scarce that scientists suspect it is quite possible.
The bigger species of centipedes offer the most dangerous bites. Since the Peruvian Giant Centipede is considered the biggest centipede, humans should stay clear of this arthropod."];