Creepy Photos Reveal A Different Side History
Mommy centipede protecting her babies.
There is an estimated 8,000 species of centipedes are thought to exist worldwide and they have a wide geographical range. Surely that's not the news you wanted.
Some species have far more maternal females than others. Those of the Geophilomorpha and Scolopendromorpha for example, stay with the eggs, guarding and licking them to protect them from fungi. The female in some species will even stay with their young after they have hatched and guard them until they're ready to leave. If disturbed, the female may abandon or eat her eggs and for some species, the offspring eat their mother. Pleasent little critters, aren't they?
