Comments on: Monkey medicine: Giant African millipede http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/monkey-medicine-giant-african-millipede/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: colin http://www.livingrainforest.org/about-rainforests/monkey-medicine-giant-african-millipede/#comment-5812 colin Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:22:39 +0000 http://www.livingrainforest.org/?p=868#comment-5812 Millipedes versus Centipedes Millipedes can be distinguished from centipedes by differences in diet. Millipedes are slow moving herbivores that eat plant waste, while centipedes are fast moving carnivores with fangs to inject venom into insect prey. Centipedes have only one pair of legs per segment (rather than two in millipedes). They also move with a snake-like serpentine pattern (rather than straight lines). love it even pic At a glance Millipedes versus Centipedes
Millipedes can be distinguished from centipedes by differences in diet. Millipedes are slow moving herbivores that eat plant waste, while centipedes are fast moving carnivores with fangs to inject venom into insect prey.

Centipedes have only one pair of legs per segment (rather than two in millipedes). They also move with a snake-like serpentine pattern (rather than straight lines).

love it even pic At a glance

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