MILLIPEDES (Singsing-Pari)

Singsing-pari appears along the corridors of the buildings and inside the classrooms of DLMS during rainy
days when the yard was swampy. Here are some facts about millipedes.
No species of millipede has more than 750 legs.
How do you count the legs on a millipede? Ignore the first four trunk segments then count the others and
multiply by 2.
The millipede with the most legs was found in 1926.
Three villages in north-west Scotland had to impose a wartime-style blackout in 2008 to help repel an
invasion force of thousands of inch-long black millipedes attracted by light.
When a millipede feels that it is in danger it curls up into a spiral.
Some species of millipede release a disgusting smelling liquid to deter predators.
The female millipede can lay up to 1,000 eggs at once although the number is usually closer to 500.
When baby millipedes hatch they only have 3 pairs of legs. Each time they molt they develop more body
segments and legs.
The longest millipede on record was 15 inches in length
Male millipedes transfer sperm to the female by means of modified legs called gonopods.
The millipede is the oldest myriapod in the fossil record, and possibly the oldest known terrestrial oxygen-
breathing organism.