{"id":476,"date":"2010-04-27T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2010-04-27T18:53:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:53:49","slug":"facts-about-centipedes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/?page_id=476","title":{"rendered":"Centipede facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/jdmyeepa.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/chilopoda-centipede1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Centipedes have between 15 and 150 pairs of legs<\/li>\n<li>Centipedes have one pair of legs on each segment.<\/li>\n<li>The legs of the first body segment contain toxins, or poisons, and are used to attack and capture prey.<\/li>\n<li>The sting of this Thai centipede can be fatal for dogs<\/li>\n<li>There are thought to be around 8,000 species of centipede worldwide<\/li>\n<li>Centipedes have\u00a0been spotted inside the\u00a0Arctic Circle.<\/li>\n<li>The centipede can range in size from a few millimetres to 30 cm long.<\/li>\n<li>Centipedes are carnivorous<\/li>\n<li>Some species of centipede are known to nurse their eggs and baby centipedes<\/li>\n<li>The centipede has been found in fossils dating over 400 million years old.<\/li>\n<li>All\u00a0centipedes have very poor eyesight and track their prey through\u00a0the use of touch.<\/li>\n<li>Centipedes can live as long as six years.<\/li>\n<li>In some cultures, centipedes are used for treatment of malaria.<\/li>\n<li>Centipedes do not copulate. The males deposits a spermatophore for the female to take up.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Amazonian giant centipede\u00a0is the largest existing species of centipede in the world, reaching over 30\u00a0cm (12\u00a0in) in length.<\/li>\n<li>If a centipede loses a leg it can grow another to replace it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centipedes have between 15 and 150 pairs of legs Centipedes have one pair of legs on each segment. The legs of the first body segment contain toxins, or poisons, and are used to attack and capture prey. The sting of this Thai centipede can be fatal for dogs There are thought to be around 8,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}