A request was made for me to post any cute centipedes I might know of.
Centipedes pretty much all fall under a “sleek and lethal” aesthetic but to me one of the cutest things of all is when a tough fierce predator gets gentle and protective. A mother centipede will stay wrapped around her eggs and babies not only to keep parasites at bay but to hold them up off of the ground and keep them clean of any fungi or bacterial infections!
Some studies find that if the babies are already hatched, the whole family will scatter and fend for themselves when disturbed (such as by a huge human uncovering them), so the babies don’t “need” the mother’s protection, but she’ll still hold onto them for a long time if she can. Every extra day that they get a little more time to grow under her watch probably makes a difference.
millipedes are just great bugs to accommodate people into being comfortable with them. they only eat plant matter, have lots of legs but theyre short and slow moving so not as intimidating as centipedes, are pleasant and smooth to the touch. really high quality animals
I agree wholeheartedly. Though I think saying that millipedes are “not as intimidating” as centipedes may be the understatement of the century.
Their faces are so kind though and their feets so gentle
This face?
These feets?
Millipedes are sweet and gentle little veggie-munchers. Centipedes are fast, venomous cobra-beasts that wish to devour the living. A centipede is exponentially more intimidating than a millipede.
I mean they will leave you alone if you leave them alone and most aren’t seriously dangerous to people, but they are not to be trifled with. Also, fun fact, their “fangs” are modified legs so a bite from a centipede is technically a hug.
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