{"id":1915,"date":"2022-09-14T00:14:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jurassicgarage.hk\/blog\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2022-10-01T00:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T16:10:15","slug":"these-are-millipedes-not-centipedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurassicgarage.hk\/blog\/these-are-millipedes-not-centipedes\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are Millipedes, Not Centipedes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Millipede Or Centipede? 512 Legs Crawling On Me Is More Satisfying Than ASMR | Shongololo | Creepy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVJS3TXz8ok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time when I say I want to show you some creepy crawlies people are expecting spiders and snakes but no one will expect these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think these are creepier than spiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shongololo, The Giant African Millipede<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>these are the African giant millipedes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when i was in south Africa local people called them an interesting name shongololo they told me it means a train it&#8217;s a luxury way to travel millipedes are generally smaller way smaller than this this is the world&#8217;s largest species of millipede<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many legs do they have?&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>they&#8217;re named milli-pede but actually they don&#8217;t have that many legs as the name suggests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>so different species have different numbers of legs the african giant millipedes usually have 256 legs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>so they have 64 segments on each segment there are two pairs of legs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this is the head you can see two antennae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it feels satisfying when they&#8217;re crawling on your hand so many legs tickling you at the same time amazing creature so they live in the forests rainforests and dry forests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have seen them in a lot of different places in Africa&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>they can be living on the ground many people think they are burrowers but actually i have seen them climbing trees they can climb very well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>if you&#8217;re new to these animals you may be confused&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to tell the difference between a centipede and a millipede?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>they can look very similar to most people especially when you see one in the wild when they&#8217;re moving quickly when they move quickly that&#8217;s usually a centipede because millipedes are slow they are not fast at all usually millipedes are smaller but because these are the largest millipedes so they get this big they&#8217;re usually a lot smaller they&#8217;re usually just like this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and if you can take a close look it&#8217;s easier to identify you can look at the legs so these are millipedes they have their legs underneath the body centipedes have their legs on the side<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and you don&#8217;t want to handle a centipede bare hand because centipedes are venomous millipedes are harmless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They&#8217;re actually very good for the ecosystem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>they are herbivores they eat plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the feces is very good for the plants that&#8217;s a fertilizer and also they clean up the floor of the rainforest by eating all the fallen rotten fruits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just like a janitor so the ecosystem needs these animals to clean up the environment wow amazing look how they move they don&#8217;t move all the legs at the same time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and the legs movement looks like waves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symbiosis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>i&#8217;m not sure if i can show the camera it&#8217;s too small if you look closely you can see tiny little bugs on their body so that is actually very common those are mites but don&#8217;t be scared those mites are not the mites that live in a mammal&#8217;s body those are different kinds of mites they live on the body of a millipede and they&#8217;re actually good for each other so the mites will eat the leftover food from the millipede&#8217;s body so they can get food and they clean up the millipede&#8217;s body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>so they are in a symbiotic relationship they&#8217;re helping each other living peacefully together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is a perfect example of misunderstood animals&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>most people when they look at them they think oh gross scary creepy but actually they are peaceful harmless clean animals that actually help the ecosystem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the world is full of misunderstanding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i hope you have learned something help spread the words and let more people understand the good side of these animals we do need them in our world i&#8217;ll let them go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it&#8217;s also very satisfying looking at them just walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teachers React To Our Creepy Crawlers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teachers React To Creepy Crawlers | Helping People Overcome Fear Of The Bugs They Had Never Touched\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V27uEZl9_HQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helping People Overcome Fear Of The Bugs They Had Never Touched<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millipedes are harmless, but often get killed by people. Why? That&#8217;s because they are mistaken for centipedes which are venomous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.\u201d \u2015 Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education is not just a talk or slide show presentation. Hands-on experience is what really inspires people to have new thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time when I say I want to show you some creepy crawlies people are expecting spiders and snakes but no one will expect these. I think these are creepier than spiders. 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