Millipedes

Class: Millipedes    Order: Centipedes      Family: Strogylosodide Millipedes

Millipedes are not insects, as many people think.

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The millipede has around seven hundred legs.

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The legs make the millipede part of the animal group Diplopoda (scientific name) family.

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The millipede is a poisonous animal.

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It oozes  a  poison  from the exoskeleton which is poison to other predators.

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Humans aren't considered a millipede's predator so we aren't effected by their poison. 

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Millipedes range from 1 inch to about one foot.

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You can find them in damp places (like a basement).  

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Millipedes use their sensing antennas to get around.

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