Eudaimonia@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agocan anyone tell me wtf this is?gcdnb.pbrd.coimagemessage-square173linkfedilinkarrow-up1419file-text
arrow-up1419imagecan anyone tell me wtf this is?gcdnb.pbrd.coEudaimonia@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agomessage-square173linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresoloner@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoDumb question but I thought centipedes had like… 95 legs or something. The one in the op doesn’t have that many. Why are people thinking it’s a centipede?
minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 years agoBecause centipedes vary a lot between species. The house centipede only has up to 15 pairs (30 legs): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
minus-squaregirl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoThey can actually range from roughly 30-350 legs! Fun fact
minus-squareGingerTheBread@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoI guess ninetyfivepede doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoThat’s why you always find dead garden millipedes curled up in a spiral. The odd number of legs makes them walk in circles until they die from it. “True” story.
Dumb question but I thought centipedes had like… 95 legs or something.
The one in the op doesn’t have that many. Why are people thinking it’s a centipede?
Because centipedes vary a lot between species. The house centipede only has up to 15 pairs (30 legs): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata
They can actually range from roughly 30-350 legs! Fun fact
I guess ninetyfivepede doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
That’s why you always find dead garden millipedes curled up in a spiral. The odd number of legs makes them walk in circles until they die from it. “True” story.
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