Centipedes

 Description: They have 2 eyes, 2 feelers, and segemented bodies. Each segment has two legs. Centipedes get eaten by bigger animals. The biggest Centipede in the world is from South America. It is 7 centimetres long. Some Centipedes can have camouflage for their colour and patterns. Some Centipedes live for three to six years.

 

Food: Centipedes eat smaller animals. Centipedes find their prey using their senses of touch and smell.

Habitat: Centipedes and Millipedes need a damp place. Centipedes like it in soil, on the ground, inside caves, seashore, under stones, shells and seaweed that has been washed up.

 

Life Cycle: Centipedes lay eggs. When they come out they look like adult Centipedes.

 

1st the female Centipede meets a male

2nd the female lays eggs

3rd the eggs hatch

4th the babies get bigger

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