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2 There are about 12000 known ______ of millipede

4 Millipedes have ______ legs per body segment

6 Millipedes are usually brown and black in colour, have a ______ body, and range from 10 to 30 centimeters in length

8 Each time it molts, the millipede grows more body ______ and more legs

10 The word 'millipede' is derived from latin, meaning '______ feet' but no known millipede species has that many feet

13 Oldest known creature to have lived on land

14 In SA, the millipede is commonly called a ‘shongololo’, after the Xhosa and Zulu word ‘ukushonga’, which means to ______ up

16 Process whereby a millipede will shred its exoskeleton

17 Millipedes are seen mostly after _____, when they are out searching for decaying plant matter to eat

18 Millipedes are ______, so their waste becomes new soil for the forest.

20 One species of millipede is covered with ______-like quills that can actually penetrate and kill attacking invertebrates

21 A millipede has only ______ pairs of legs when it hatches

22 Millipedes have a hard, waxy outer covering called the ______

24 Single mouth

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1 Many millipedes secrete a poisonous liquid from glands called "repugnatorial glands" through pores on their bodies which causes severe _______ that can last for up to 14 months

3 Millipedes roll up into a ball to ______ their soft underparts when they feel threatened

5 Shrews and _____ are immune to millipede toxin

7 Detritivores feed on dead and ______ organic matter within their habitat

9 millipedes breathe through tiny pore-like holes located down the length of their body, called ______

11 Simple eyes

12 The millipedes cousin

15 Their primary defence is to release a toxin made up of ______ acid (which burns) and hydrogen cyanide (which asphyxiates)

19 Centipedes and millipedes belong to the phylum Arthropoda which means '______ legs'

23 Most species ______ from 20-300 eggs