Why do centipedes have so many legs?

Because centipede section belongs to Arthropod, Polypoda and Lipopod, the body is composed of many sections, and each section has feet, so it is a polypod.

Characteristics of Polypoda and Lipopod;

The front edge of the head has 1 pair of slender antennae. The mouthparts consist of 1 pair of large jaws and two pairs of small jaws. The trunk consists of four chitin plates. The side plate has feet, holes and chitin pieces. Each joint has 1 pair of feet. 1 The foot of the body segment is specialized into the unique jaw foot of Labiatae, also called poison jaw, which is pincer-shaped.

Extended data

Habit:

Like dark and humid habitats, quick-moving, carnivorous, and strong ability to prey on small animals.

Scolopes likes to live in hilly areas and sandy land. During the day, they often lurk in the cracks of masonry, under the roots of walls, and in the dark corners of piles of leaves, weeds and rotten wood. At night, they come out to feed on caterpillars, spiders and cockroaches. Generally, when the weather turns cold in May 438+1October in June, they dig holes into the soil on the hillside facing the sun in the lee, and lurk in the soil about 12cm deep from the ground. After the winter solstice (early March), as the weather gets warmer, they start to feed again.

Centipede has a strong ability to drill seams. It often uses its sensitive tentacles and flat head plate to explore joints, and most of the gaps between rocks and land can pass through or inhabit. When the density is too large or disturbed too much, it can cause cannibalism and even death. However, under the condition of artificial breeding, dozens of fish can live together with sufficient bait and drinking water.

Centipede is a typical carnivore, fierce in sex, with a wide range of food, especially fond of eating insects. When food is scarce in early spring, you can also eat a small amount of grass and moss buds.

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