Millipedes Smell Like Baby Cockroaches

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Not all millipedes smell. Some of them don't have chemical defences, so their main defense is going to run away or just not be seen in the first place. So they are aes inna flouer field of varying smells. I you do not need to crush them to get them to admit their smell. It is kind of like their farthing, because they're scared. You know, don't hug me. I'm scaredrit that's what the millipedes are telling you. Like these eat baby cockroaches. They eat the things that you don't maybe want in your house. So they're doing good work. They deserve to be there just as

How many legs? Why so many legs? What's a millipede versus a centipede? And again WHY SO MANY LEGS. We have just the guy for that: Diplopodologist Dr. Derek Hennen. As a person who’s spent over a decade sorting through leaf litter and naming scores of new species, Derek is truly a champion for the multi-limbed little critters. If you liked what Casey Clapp brought to Dendrology, get ready to appreciate millipedes like you never thought you would. Also: mythology gossip, world records, Taylor Swift fandom, and sniffing bugs.

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