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[โ€“] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

๐Ÿค“uhm ackhtually centipedes are not insects but are members of a different group of arthropods called Myriapods, along with everyone's favorite detritivores the millipedes

edit for additional infodumping: their venom injecting apparatuses are modified legs called forcipules or toxicognaths, and they are the only known animal with such features.

[โ€“] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

My favorite myriapod is Arthropleura. Imagine a millipede the length of a car!

"Arthropleura (Greek for 'jointed ribs') is an extinct genus..."

Thank fuck

no, I don't think I will.

[โ€“] El_Scapacabra@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Thanks for making me google that ;_;

[โ€“] xorollo@leminal.space 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you ever gotten to see one IRL?