For the Atari video game, see Centipede (video game). For other articles with the word centipede, go to Centipede (disambiguation).

Centipedes (Class Chilopoda) are fast-moving venomous, predatory terrestrial arthropods that have long bodies and many jointed legs. Chiefly nocturnal, centipedes are found primarily in tropical climates but are also widely distributed in temperate zones. Some species are highly venomous with extremely toxic venom on their claws which can cause death in humans.

As in the closely related millipedes, they are highly segmented (15 to 173 segments), but with only one pair of walking legs per segment. Centipedes are dorso-ventrally flattened, and are among the fastest and most agile of arthropod predators.

The head of a centipede has a pair of antennae and jaw-like mandibles, and other mouthparts that evolved from modified appendages. The most anterior trunk segment of a centipede has a pair of venomous claws (called maxillipeds) that are used for both defense and for capturing and paralyzing prey. Despite their name, which stems from the Latin words 'centum' (meaning 'hundred') and 'ped' (meaning 'foot'), they normally have around half that number of legs, though it is possible to find centipedes with over 200 legs.

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The color of her eyes were fading, the location of moles, dimples, centipede scars. ~Jeffrery Eugenides
luxwing (Luxwing) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:58:19 -0000
The color of her eyes were fading, the location of moles, dimples, centipede scars. ~Jeffrery Eugenides
Jösses, sicken Göteborgshumor. Inte helt väntat från dig :) Human Centipede http://bit.ly/akChU
chrongs (Chris Leong) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:50:41 -0000
Jösses, sicken Göteborgshumor. Inte helt väntat från dig :) Human Centipede http://bit.ly/akChU
Just killed a large centipede in the livingroom with my bare foot.. That was a weird instant reflex.. yucky
Irina_Yu (Irina) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:59:18 -0000
Just killed a large centipede in the livingroom with my bare foot.. That was a weird instant reflex.. yucky
Watching HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Unreal. This is crazy!!
JamesDewey (James Sehring) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:28:59 -0000
Watching HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Unreal. This is crazy!!
Played Centipede for over an hour...Dam spiders! Great 80's songs including Pop Music, Flamethrower, Everything Thing She Does, The Relfex
apexgardner (Rick Gardner) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:40:10 -0000
Played Centipede for over an hour...Dam spiders! Great 80's songs including Pop Music, Flamethrower, Everything Thing She Does, The Relfex
A centipede just scurried across my office. Gross.
mandles101 (Amanda Poch) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:38:11 -0000
A centipede just scurried across my office. Gross.

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