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Hedge Rows, Centipedes
All Centipedes have numerous body segments with one pair of legs per segment, the number of leg bearing segments and hence pairs of legs ranges from 15 to 177, but is always an odd number. The legs on the first body segment are modified into venom bearing fangs that the Centipedes use to hunt their food.
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Centipedes and the Millipedes are nearly all long and slender with many body
segments and numerous legs. They were once lumped together into a single group
known as the Myriapoda. This name means 'many feet' and it was a very apt one
for these animals.