| 单词 | centipede |
| 例句 | They moved in rhythm, like the legs of centipede but without the actual centipede body. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The chicken made straight for the bed, and Seth tossed his other handful of salt in a wide arc to cover their retreat, scalding the flying centipede in the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In Australia, people have seen spiders eat birds, centipedes eat snakes, snakes eat crocodiles, crocodiles eat children. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “That better, little Disaster. You stay by your ambuya and hit the centipedes with a stick when they show up.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly. Flies, bugs, grasshoppers, choice beetles, moths, butterflies, tasty cockroaches, gnats, midges, daddy longlegs, centipedes, mosquitoes, crickets—anything that is careless enough to get caught in my web. I have to live, don’t I?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We centipede down the river until we are nearly to the other side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I noticed that she never denied the things Todd had said about the vampires and centipedes and spiders and puddles of blood. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Scorpions and giant poisonous centipedes sometimes appeared in the tent—even, a few times, a snake. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Nothing except the roots of the old peach tree...and a whole lot of earthworms and centipedes and insects living in the soil. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A twelve-foot centipede with three sets of wings and three pairs of taloned feet corkscrewed around the room in a complex aerial display. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z You’ll crawl into bed one night and find your sheets filled with centipedes and mud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A huge centipede blew across the floor to the shelter of a water pipe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His pointed beard was veined with white, as were his eyebrows, arched like poisonous centipedes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z If no animals, such as centipedes, snails, birds, or snakes, have crossed them, they are fresh. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then he’d stand yelling at me to come back and look at all the yellow ants and centipedes and crickets and stinging scor-pions that went scurrying away, hunting new hiding places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Now whenever trouble is coming, Tatica feels a glimmer of the old burning in the centipede trail on her belly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The air had a strange smell to it, too—maybe the space behind the bookcase was full of dead centipedes and millipedes and pill bugs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Milligan ushered the children into a damp, dimly lit underground passage, where centipedes twisted away at their approach and other slithery creatures they heard but didn’t see retreated into the shadows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The winged centipede struck at the flustered hen but missed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The End And just before we both shut up and fell asleep, Cade reached over and poked his index finger into my sternum and said, “A centipede with ninety-six amputations.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There were leeches and spiders and scorpions everywhere, as well as huge poisonous centipedes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “And an enormous—a simply enormous centipede!” screamed the Captain. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I punched big Rondell in the shoulder and we both laughed and I showed him how I could make centipede movements in the wind with my hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Jody thought of the wide plains and of the wagons moving across like centipedes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A centipede does not topple in a storm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I stuffed my spare clothes back in, shaking each piece first in case of snakes or centipedes, and slung the bag over my shoulder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The winged centipede spiraled out the door above the other scrambling creatures. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I’d never noticed before, but it had tiny legs that grew from it like a centipedes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Visitors to “Grass Roots” will find swaths of southern grasses, of Bermuda, St. Augustine and centipede grass. National Arboretum’s “Grass Roots”: A brighter future for the lawn You might see something, like an earthworm or a centipede. Brooklyn Botanic’s New Discovery Garden, Not Just for Kids 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z A survivor of an attack spots a bizarre centipede tattoo on the attacker’s arm. Review: ‘The Skin Collector’ is tense thriller 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z He told us about the many leeches, cave centipedes and whip scorpions that live in the forest and spray nasty acidic chemicals when threatened. Island Hopping Off the Coast of Borneo 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Except I’ve only got two feet instead of the 35 an average centipede has. Beneath the surface — caving and diving — Belize is breathtaking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z These problems could be solved by providing each of the centipede's members with a back-up drip-feed while they were asleep, and the film shows just such a system in operation. The Human Centipede director shows why three into one will go 2010-08-19T21:26:00Z As you can imagine, when we did the castings for the people inside the centipede, so many actors wanted to be in there. ArtsBeat Blog: A More Perfect Union: Tom Six Discusses 'The Human Centipede II' 2011-09-21T16:04:10Z We had chairs everywhere, because there are people in the centipede, in “Part II,” that are more heavy than the thin characters in Part I. They suffered for it. ArtsBeat Blog: A More Perfect Union: Tom Six Discusses 'The Human Centipede II' 2011-09-21T16:04:10Z The faecally-obsessed saga centres on attempts to create "human centipedes" by forcing multiple victims to form a single alimentary canal. Eric Roberts to star in The Human Centipede 3 2013-05-30T15:18:28Z Latest exhibit is The Human Centipede, in which a mad surgeon splices together the gastric systems of three luckless victims, though the centipede element is more metaphorical than arthropod. Anne Billson 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z What were encouraging signs from the comatose centipede as it was ferried down local waterways in the Coast Guard vessel? Style Invitational Week 1103: Themes good to us — pair a TV show and a song 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Worst of all is her gaffe-magnet communications director, Mike, who sees his role as “the last guy in a human centipede”. Hail to the Veep: the best and most brutal comedy of the century 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “I never want to be provocative just for the sake of provocation,” said Madonna, insisting that the butterflies and centipedes she gives birth to in the video mean something. Madonna and Beeple Collaborate on NFT Project 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The second film follows a man who watches the first movie and then creates his own centipede. Teacher Suspended After Playing 'Human Centipede 2' for Class 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Our team’s communications system is like a centipede of failing tech. Arts in lockdown: I curated my own three-day online festival. Now it’s over, and I am wrecked 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The three-day event includes workshops and hikes to learn more about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s centipedes, freshwater sponges and ferns. Nonprofit has workshop on Smokies plants, animals 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z About her husband’s finally winning a long-disputed election through a court ruling: “the last shoe dropped on that centipede.” Books of The Times: ‘Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History,’ by Michael L. Gillette 2013-01-08T15:00:00Z Because three films make a human centipede, you can actually place them together and they form one film of four and a half hours. ArtsBeat Blog: A More Perfect Union: Tom Six Discusses 'The Human Centipede II' 2011-09-21T16:04:10Z In our first year of homeownership alone, we were unlucky enough to deal with drain flies, stink bugs, the occasional house centipede, and big black flies that invaded our windows during the summer. The many, many ways to get rid of pesky flies 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Forget about building a coffin: it'd need about 50 pallbearers, shuffling along like an experimental dance troupe performing a conceptual piece about a wooden centipede. Screen burn 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z Millipedes feed on plant debris and microbes; centipedes eat other arthropods. The zoo beneath our feet: We’re only beginning to understand soil’s hidden world 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z James bonds with gregarious insects — a centipede, a grasshopper, a ladybug — and a dancing worm, all with personality plus. Seattle Children’s Theatre stages yummy ‘James and the Giant Peach’ 2013-12-05T19:21:01Z Martin sent Bliss some options, including: “This is badger, come in centipede,” “This is cowboy, come in sidewinder” and “This is Roulette, come in Yahtzee.” They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Going Wild with Dominic Monaghan follows the actor as he travels the world in search of potentially deadly snakes, centipedes, scorpions, lizards, ants and wasps. VIDEO: 'Going wild' with Dominic Monaghan 2012-11-09T11:04:14Z Unfortunately, they say that the second room was just as dirty, along with having live centipedes crawling around the room. Family makes horrifying discovery in Disney World hotel room: 'a used condom on the bed' 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z This, added to the various crowd-sourced anecdotes that pepper the text and the gusto of the prose – centipedes, for example, are distinguished by their "extravagant legginess" – makes for irresistible dipping and rambling. Bugs Britannica by Peter Marren, edited by Richard Mabey 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z They’ll create creatures like grasshoppers, centipedes, spiders, ladybugs and worms to populate handmade pop-up books, then join Channie Waits, a visiting artist, in an interactive performance. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 23-29 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Because variability in number of legs was unknown in its relatives, scientists are rethinking the evolution of centipede segmentation. New to nature No 5: Scolopendropsis duplicata, Brazil 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z You had to leap into bed at night before the mosquitoes could get you, and shake your boots in the morning to make sure there were no centipedes. Anjelica Huston: My father John's wildest shoot 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z Similarly, the legs of a centipede move in canon with illusory waves sweeping along its entire length. Edges cause cilia to quickly synchronize their beating pattern 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z They travelled in the back of a truck for hours, without knowing where they were going, blindfolded and tied to each other by their arms, like a "human centipede", Seredniak told me. Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z It was a centipede, which is venomous, she and other evacuees in the shelter told me. Hawaii fires: How Pinky's famous truck saved lives in Lahaina 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Lee, a doctoral student at UC Berkeley, has discovered and documented thirty centipedes species in California. A new millipede species is crawling under LA. It’s blind, glassy and has 486 legs 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z In a dusty room in central Florida, countless millipedes, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies sit in specimen jars, rotting. Neglect of a museum’s collection could cause scientific setbacks 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Unlike football fans watching their neighbors and the nervous system coordinating the centipede's legs, cilia have no such intelligent control system. Edges cause cilia to quickly synchronize their beating pattern 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z They’re an incredibly diverse group, ranging from scorpions to octopuses to centipedes. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This subphylum includes 13,000 species; the most commonly found examples are millipedes and centipedes. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Chinese red-headed centipedes, which are sightless, use an unusual thermal sensor to detect sunlight, a study has found. News at a glance: Darwin’s letters, antiracism in science, and protecting LGBTQ+ field researchers 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Experts say the loss of such specimens — even uncharismatic ones such as centipedes — is a setback for science. Neglect of a museum’s collection could cause scientific setbacks 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Now, researchers have figured out how these centipedes avoid the sunlight they can’t see. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Part A shows a centipede with many, very long legs. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After being asked that question, suddenly the centipede starts tripping over its own legs. Nikyatu Jusu's 'Nanny' contains a 'hard lesson.' She's learned one about Hollywood too 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z A research team confirmed the trait in the centipedes, which lack light-sensing proteins, by covering their antennae in foil. News at a glance: Darwin’s letters, antiracism in science, and protecting LGBTQ+ field researchers 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z When another student, Jesús Buenrostro, proves squeamish about spiders, centipedes, and even grasshoppers, Muñoz reassures him with a few words in Spanish. This biologist discovered that lizards and other organisms can influence their own evolution 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Myriapods, a group that includes centipedes and millipedes, have gradually simplified their vision over evolutionary history. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z The event, “Community and Unity People’s Kite Festival,” will launch a veritable art gallery in the sky with kites of all varieties — enormous diving dragons, swooshing centipedes and tiny diamonds in an explosion of color. This weekend, look up to the heavens: A kite 'gallery in the sky' will fly over L.A. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Turning on the bathroom light early one morning, a gigantic centipede—with its blur of legs—ran up and over my foot without breaking stride. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z On land, centipedes move their legs in a wave that switches direction when they encounter obstacles, researchers reported this month at the virtual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. News at a glance: African vaccine factories, centipede-inspired robots, and Antarctic pollution 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Like a group of burrowing centipedes, the body segments can compress and elongate, perhaps to help fit through tiny cracks and follow tortuous paths. This millipede really does have 1000 legs—and more 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z To find out, Yang and his team placed the centipedes into two adjoining transparent containers, one of which was completely covered with black tape. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Scorpions, geckos, centipedes and various herbs, such as ginseng, are often added for good measure. The false promise of snake wine in Southeast Asia 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Though centipedes don’t typically have the 100 legs they are named for, they often have dozens of pairs, one per body segment. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z One reviewer of Doménech’s manuscript, Carlos Martínez, a centipede taxonomist at the University of Turku’s Zoological Museum, says he was “really mad” to learn about the origins of the centipede specimens. Illicit centipede raises thorny question: Should journals have refused to publish a paper about it? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Even as she worked, spiders, centipedes and other crevice-dwelling insects moved into piles of natural materials staged for placement. Reserve a spot for your own backyard ‘Giant Insect Resort’ 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z They also trained a thermal imaging camera on the centipedes to determine how their bodies responded to the light’s warmth. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z So this is a downside: If you stay in Barbados for any amount of time, you will encounter some unwanted visitors such as lizards and centipedes. What would remote working in Barbados really be like? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The taller the obstacles, the more likely the centipede is to adopt this so-called retrograde locomotion, Erickson said. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Doménech says he didn’t know he needed permits to export the centipedes, calling himself a “newbie” who worked largely alone. Illicit centipede raises thorny question: Should journals have refused to publish a paper about it? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z In the most fleeting of notes, you might hear a tiny expressive swell that implies, like the twitch of a single leg of a centipede, that this is a living entity we are attending to. Review: Beethoven's Fifth is the music of our moment. How Teodor Currentzis makes it so 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Whenever the centipedes scurried to the dark chamber, the infrared imagery revealed large amounts of heat were concentrating along the animals’ curled antennae. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Across “Fishscale,” the rapper’s verses are dense with wordplay and references: cheeba weed brownies, “Sanford and Son,” fried plantains and rice, centipede stab wounds, Pyrex scholars and extract oil cut from Cuban plants. The lost art of deep listening: Choose an album. Lose the phone. Close your eyes. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Should they wind up in the water, centipedes can also “swim” to rescue themselves. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Now, however, the centipede is in a harsh spotlight. Illicit centipede raises thorny question: Should journals have refused to publish a paper about it? 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z As maturing trees have shed their leaves, natural mulch is created, which feeds snails, centipedes and various fungi species. A farm to withstand a cyclone: rebuilding after Fiji's worst storm 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Doing so revealed a thermal receptor called BRTNaC1, an ion channel that pumps electrically charged atoms between cells throughout the centipede’s antennae. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Largemouth bass are fair fishing creeks, and coves on Carolina rigged centipedes and crankbaits. Texas Fishing Report 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z When Kelimar Diaz, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, investigated the behavior, she, too, found centipedes adjusted their movements to their environment. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Largemouth bass are fair fishing flats with vegetation and points on Carolina rigged centipedes and crankbaits. Texas Fishing Report 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z It has featured several multi-gourd centipedes, made up of dozens of tiny pumpkins snaking across the yard, culminating in a terrible pumpkin head rising off the lawn to snarl at passersby. Perspective | How to concoct frighteningly good Halloween cocktails 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The BRTNaC1 receptor is triggered by temperatures between 33°C and 48° C. The researchers concluded that when light warms the centipedes’ antennae, it sparks the activation of BRTNaC1. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z And the venom produced by a variety of organisms—including spiders, centipedes, scorpions, and poisonous mollusks—teems with tiny proteins. New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “Somehow, the centipedes know that undulating their bodies generates the right forces,” Diaz reported at the meeting. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “He’s a racist whose brain is mostly oatmeal and his mouth is attached to Fox News like some kind of human centipede. He’s a wannabe authoritarian who craves the adoration of crowds.” Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'Our horror only makes him stronger' 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Information and assessments are also available through the organization’s website, which offers articles about the toxicity of substances such as sprouted potatoes, tulip bulbs and centipede stings. A surprising number of children are accidentally poisoned. Simple steps can prevent that. 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z This in turn sets off a physiological response that alerts the centipede it has ventured into the light. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z After the centipede bite — the giant desert centipede, which hunts insects and small vertebrates at night — Peterson had to seek medical attention. How Coyote Peterson got millions of subscribers on his YouTube channel 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The model produced numerous combinations of leg and body waves, which he then tested in a centipede robot built solely for understanding how these animals move. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Although the company identified fungus gnats, ants, flies, centipedes and other insects, “no fleas were found during our inspections or noted on any of our monitoring stations,” the report said. No fleas found amid L.A. City Hall rat infestation, inspection finds 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “A surprising amount of death of small vertebrates in the Amazon is likely due to arthropods such as big spiders and centipedes.” Huge spider drags opossum across Amazon rainforest floor in haunting footage 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z To confirm their light-sensing role, the researchers covered the centipedes’ antennae with tinfoil, blocking their exposure to the lamplight. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Also on the no-go list are venomous snakes, certain scorpions, centipedes and spiders. Welcome, hedgehogs. The increasingly popular pet is now legal in Fairfax County homes. 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z These experiments, says UC Berkeley integrative biologist Robert Full, have “unraveled the secrets” of centipede coordination. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z In those decades, populations of arthropods, including insects and creepy crawlies like spiders and centipedes, had plunged by an almost unimaginable 98% in El Yunque, the only tropical rainforest within the U.S. Biological annihilation: A planet in loss mode 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z One night I woke up to find a huge centipede on my face. My Shot: Gil Hanse - Golf Digest 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z These centipedes strayed from darkness far more often than those with uncovered antennae. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z From up there, it was easier to appreciate the scale of those buildings — the way they stretched like vast centipedes over the flat land, surging toward the sea. Can Poland’s Faded Brutalist Architecture Be Redeemed? 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z And if Ozkan-Aydin has her way, one day swarms of robotic centipedes will help humans with other tasks: planting and harvesting crops, moving goods, monitoring the environment, and even space exploration. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z García and Lister once again measured the forest’s insects and other invertebrates, a group called arthropods that includes spiders and centipedes. ‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z A recent project in Brazil used the system to detect centipede damage on plants, locating where in the field this was a problem. The crop-spraying drones that go where tractors can't 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Hoping to shed light on how BRTNaC1 works, the researchers also injected several chemical concoctions into the centipedes’ antennae to see what effects they would have. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z But centipedes are an established remedy in traditional medicine in China. Maybe You Were Thinking About Eating Raw Centipedes. Don’t. 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The findings, he adds, reveal the previously unknown principles of centipede movement. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Because the skull was missing, the people who found the fossil thought the tiny creature inside was either a centipede or millipede. Baby Snake Fossil Found Trapped in Amber Offers Clues on Evolution 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “He would do these dumb things where he would go out overnight in the jungle and he’d get bitten by centipedes,” says Daniel Rubinoff, professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii. Meet the "Bad Boy" of Autism Research 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z For reasons that are not yet clear, increased testosterone dampened the activity of the BRTNaC1 receptor and resulted in the centipedes spending more time in the light. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z A spacecraft resembling a vast cubist centipede glides noiseless through deep space toward Jupiter. '2001: A Space Odyssey' still blowing minds 50 years later 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Goldman had long been fascinated by centipedes, but analyzing their movements was nearly impossible, because they have too many body segments and legs to track. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z A centipede winds its way through a mushroom-strewn field of play while you try to destroy one segment of the centipede at a time, completing a level each time you fully destroy the centipede. 5 video games from the 1980s worth playing again today | Provided by Living Computers 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z They are the protists, fungi, insects, crustaceans, spiders, pauropods, centipedes, mites, nematodes and legions of others whose scientific names are seldom heard by the bulk of humanity. Opinion | The 8 Million Species We Don’t Know 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Chinese red-headed centipedes are not the only sightless creatures that can perceive light. These centipedes ‘see’ sunlight, even without eyes 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z He got the centipede inside a plastic bag and froze it in his freezer. This week in odd news: Dog unemployment, calamari calamity 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z So Goldman’s lab went “all in” on centipede movement. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z They isolated a molecule in centipede venom, a peptide, which they named Ssm Spooky Toxin. Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Dan Rubinoff, an entomologist and director of the University of Hawaii Insect Museum, said he thinks the bug is a Vietnamese centipede. Hawaii man catches, preserves more than foot-long centipede 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z For starters, some platforms display the bug emoji as being a caterpillar, while others went with a centipede. We Fact-Checked 8 Animal Emojis—Here's What We Found 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Cambra then thawed the centipede, pinned it to a Styrofoam board and injected it with formaldehyde. This week in odd news: Dog unemployment, calamari calamity 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “That’s so roundabout. It’s like saying, if you’re hungry, why go out to a restaurant when you can just sew yourself to the back of a human centipede.” Late-night hosts blast Trump as 'our neediest and most insecure president' 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z This research suggests that a drug called retigabine might neutralize the centipede toxin, Yang said. Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The book’s title is a reference to the co-opted cartoon frog and “centipedes”: a nickname made popular by Trump’s fanbase on Reddit. Pepe the Frog book profits will now go to a Muslim-American advocacy group 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Crickets — and a centipede that keeps dropping shoes. Opinion | The lights go out on the Republican Party 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z "We've got a lot more to learn about the whole issue. ... Another shoe drops from the centipede every few days," he said, according to the Standard. John McCain on Trump Jr.: My Sons Would Be Court-Martialed If They Did That 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Others are an orchid resembling a devil, a millipede with over 400 legs, an amphibious centipede, and a marine worm that looks a lot like fried pastry. ‘Drogon’ the ant on annual Top 10 list of new species 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Retigabine, an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy, opens the potassium channels that the centipede toxin blocks. Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Also, an orchid resembling a devil, a millipede with more than 400 legs, an amphibious centipede, and a marine worm that looks a lot like fried pastry. Ant with a pop culture name on list of top 10 new species 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “This is a centipede. I guarantee you there will be more shoes to drop, I can just guarantee it. There’s just too much information that we don’t have that will be coming out.” Opinion | John McCain on Comey firing: ‘There will be more shoes to drop’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z “Every time we turn around, another shoe drops from this centipede,” McCain told ABC’s This Week. Leading Democrat alleges joint effort to distract from Trump-Russia inquiry 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to hear his whining. I had centipedes at the sack. You deal with that, DiCap.” Sony film head's fighting words for Netflix show he's bullish on 'Blade Runner,' 'Jumanji' and 'Spider-Man' 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In lab tests, retigabine inhibited the effects of centipede venom in monkeys; equivalent human data does not exist. Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z There are often infestations of scorpions, poisonous centipedes and rats in the tropical heat. Brazil gang at center of prison killings gets power in jails 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Sure, the tone zigzags more than a drunk centipede and Todd Phillips might have watched “Scarface” one too many times before tackling this picture. The top 10 interesting-imperfect movies of 2016 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z He runs his hand along the long centipede with its symmetrical back. Soil Tunnel Trailer brings underground world to the surface 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z “Let’s generate some success of our own. Make America great again with your meme magic, centipedes of The Donald!” Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey spends fortune backing pro-Trump 'shitposts' 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Human deaths from centipedes appear to be exceedingly rare. Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It may also be because one of our best options currently involves strapping your hands into a product that looks like a dissected mechanical centipede, or some other skittering thing with too many legs. Let this mechanical hand centipede tell you how the shadow world feels 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z When George Beccaloni was on his honeymoon in Thailand in 2001, he did more than relax on the beach: he discovered the world’s first amphibious centipede. The Scariest Thing About This Monstrous Centipede? It Can Swim 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The left-hand wall holds many insects normally found in the ground, like a centipede, a cicada and ants digging tunnel. Soil Tunnel Trailer brings underground world to the surface 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The expert was skeptical, because Scolopendra are found in dry habitats and no centipedes were known to be amphibious. 'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered The centipedes are quick to accuse services and companies of suppressing their political views. How a tiny image-sharing website turned into Trumplandia 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Users refer to each other as “centipedes” — a reference to a series of popular videos in which Mr. Trump is compared to the insect, which is a “nimble navigator” just like the candidate himself. In Reddit’s Unruly Corners, Trump Finds Support 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z It appears to be the first known amphibious centipede. The Scariest Thing About This Monstrous Centipede? It Can Swim 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Human Centipede’s star is a mad German scientist who’s bent on surgically enjoining three hapless tourists into, you guessed it, some kind of human centipede. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z When Beccaloni lifted the rock it was hiding under, the centipede immediately escaped into the stream, rather than into the forest. 'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered Another was held for six months in a cell where centipedes crawled across his face at night. From the Archives: The Ordeal of Iran Hostages' Captivity 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Arthropods are invertebrates with exoskeletons -- segmented bodies and jointed limbs, and include insects, spiders, centipedes and mites. Your House Is Literally Covered in Bugs, Study Says 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z “There are lots of cobweb spiders and also the house centipede, which is a really creepy looking creature to some people but I find them fascinating,” said Bertone. Hundreds of tiny spiders, lice and more crawling through US homes, study says 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In my youthful years of turning over rocks and smashing dead logs, I encountered a number of the venom-injecting predators known as centipedes, and each time asked them to return from whence they came. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Beccaloni brought his specimen back to the Natural History Museum in London and asked a centipede expert about his observations. 'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered Ask how he makes ends meet, and he tells the riddle of the centipede. Not bound by history, L.A.'s Caravan Book Store continues to turn pages 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The term “insect” is used loosely, with arthropods like spiders, centipedes and worms also on display. The Craziest Museums in New Orleans 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The average home is crawling with more than 100 species of invertebrates, such as spiders, lice and centipedes, according to research conducted by US scientists. Hundreds of tiny spiders, lice and more crawling through US homes, study says 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Like some other alien creatures living among us, the centipede’s lineaments are utterly macabre. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Like all centipedes, it is venomous and carnivorous. 'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered So the team of scientists tested 373 different invertebrates—isopods, flies, centipedes, spiders, beetles, slugs, locusts, true bugs, and others—for nematodes. Nematodes Use Slugs Like Buses ... and Maybe Cruise Ships 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z And they found that the innards of slugs, centipedes and woodlice are littered with live worms that the larger creepy crawlies accidentally ingested as they snacked. Hitchhiking Worms Survive Slug Guts Transport 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The team collected over 600 slugs, centipedes, and other invertebrates, along with 400 worms of various species. "Huge Surprise": Worms Hitchhike in Slug Guts 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Scientists found the centipede will even try to reorient its prey to achieve its preferred target. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Like all centipedes, this new amphibious species is venomous. 'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered The folks over at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department posted this terrifying photo to their Facebook page Friday of a huge redheaded centipede. This Texan Centipede is Real and Will Haunt your Nightmares 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Next are dogs — man’s best friend — followed by spiders, snakes, scorpions, centipedes and rats. Here's How Wild Animals are Adapting to City Life 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The world’s deepest-dwelling centipede — found as much as 3,600 feet below the surface — is in Croatia, a new study reports. Deep Below Croatia Lurks a New Species of Centipede 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z I imagine the devil did not fully appreciate what he set in motion when designing the centipede. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Those that escaped being eaten by moles and centipedes have been diligently stealing sap and molting into ever larger not-grubs, until recently. Loud cicadas result in Arkansans calling 911 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Sigillin A likely helps deter predators such as spiders, centipedes, and mites from feasting on the partygoers. Snow Fleas Pack a Chemical Weapon 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The final centipede instalment is an altogether more glossy incarnation. Human Centipede III - the most abhorrent film ever? - BBC News 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z The centipede was found in three caves in the Velebit mountain range, along the Adriatic Coast. Deep Below Croatia Lurks a New Species of Centipede 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Here’s a video of a gigantic centipede usurping the original harbinger of sin: The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z While Nighy, tall and thin, like a centipede on two legs, listens to Mulligan, he makes sure that we know he’s listening. Haves and Have-Nots 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The glowing replicas lured an array of ants, cockroaches, flies, beetles, spiders, harvestmen, slugs, snails and centipedes. Dude, why is my mushroom glowing? Scientists have the answer 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The first boss battle is a Lovecraftian creature, a giant centipede replete with tentacles, eyeballs, and teeth. Bombshell looks and sounds like a Duke Nukem game starring a bionic woman 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Researchers named the centipede Geophilus hadesi, after Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, and describe it in the journal ZooKeys. Deep Below Croatia Lurks a New Species of Centipede 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z I didn’t always hate the centipede, but The Centipede Incident of 2009 remedied my childhood ignorance and revealed the creature for the abyssal horror it is. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z When Glenn King milks centipedes, he is not going after nutrition. Centipede and Snake Venoms Form a Basis for New Pain Drugs 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In 1894, men gathered in Chicago parks to watch centipedes and tarantulas fight to the death. One Man's Mission to Turn Tetris into a Spectator Sport 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Full as a centipede's sock drawer - very full. Australian slang: Your favourite examples 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The simple designs are evocative of the nature around her in the mountainous region of the Cordilleras - outlines of centipedes, trees and snakes or basic geometric patterns such as diamonds and squares. Reviving Filipino tribal tattoo art 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the academic literature on the subject of centipedes is largely inadequate in proportion to their very real horror. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Then the centipede watches his feet and tries to do the dance again — and can’t! What Is Philosophy of Science (And Should Scientists Care)? 2014-04-07T23:51:12Z The centipede performs a very complex task with ease, unless she thinks about the task. Going from Good to Great with Complex Tasks 2013-12-31T12:45:00.391Z Yet even those without full-blown phobias share some level of fear and disgust toward insects and other “bugs” such as spiders and centipedes. MIND Reviews: The Infested Mind 2013-10-19T04:15:08.540Z Copyright: Nicky Bay You’ve shot a number of insects in really distinct stages or behaviours, such as the planthopper’s defence mechanism or the house centipede after moulting. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z Take this description of "firebrats, silverfish," and "house centipedes," courtesy of a page on The University of Kentucky’s website: The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z As silly as it might sound, I felt a powerful sense of connection with the centipede. A Skeptic Considers the Hype Over Brain Cells Linked to Complex Behavior [Excerpt] 2013-05-31T14:15:00.327Z Afterward, centipedes and spiders were spotted in manufacturing areas, he said. Drug Makers Stalled in a Cycle of Quality Lapses and Shortages 2012-10-18T01:55:04Z "We're introducing an element that will create its own ecosystem within the Lowline," she says, adding that this ecosystem would likely include insects such as centipedes and millipedes. Tunnel Vision: Subterranean Park to Stay Sunny with Fiber-Optic Skylights [Slide Show] 2012-09-14T13:15:00.387Z See live bugs such as a praying mantis, a giant tiger centipede, an emperor scorpion, a Chilean rosehair tarantula, an American millipede, beetles and lots of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Something to take your parents to ... 2012-03-09T16:34:44Z These arthropods are mostly a nuisance rather than economically or medically significant… House centipedes feed on small insects, insect larvae, and on spiders. The Verge Review of Animals: centipedes 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Thick layers of mulch, leaf litter and debris are ideal for centipede development. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? 2012-05-25T17:10:46Z Scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, and suchlike creatures have a good time in Yezd. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Called Otto and Lore, they look like massive mechanized centipedes making their way across the arid landscape. High in Chilean Desert, a Huge Astronomy Project 2012-04-07T19:42:59Z Mrs. R. is not surprised that the Valkyrie did not win, when it broke its pinnacle and did not have a centipede. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z The Chiliopodæ comprise the flattened forms having many-jointed antennæ and but a single pair of limbs to each segment of the body, and are the forms to which the name centipede may properly be applied. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z Spiders and house centipedes also do well in damp basements and crawl spaces. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? 2012-05-25T17:10:46Z Scorpions and centipedes are inferior in worrying power to driver ants, but they are a feature in Coast life, particularly in places—Cameroons, for example. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The scolopendra, or centipede, is another member of the aptera order, whose bite is equally dreaded with that of the scorpion. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The horses seemed to have as many legs as centipedes, kicking all at once. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Some of the apostles were found, upon careful search, to be centipedes; and others to have had as many hands as Briareus. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z And then there are the nine new gates, resembling legs on a centipede as they sprout from the terminal. Terminal 4 Expansion at J.F.K. to Be Inspected 2012-01-10T03:27:19Z Lizards are numerous, and insects swarm in the low parts, with tarantulas, scorpions and centipedes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z English cash—pounds—not this miserable, crawling, centipede kind of stuff which wouldn't buy a scarecrow a meal for Sunday. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Yonder knobs of fire that jump about so mysteriously are beetles; that long line of fire wriggling snake-like at the tree foot is the dreaded brown centipede, whose bite is death. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z In general appearance they look like a link between a caterpillar and a centipede. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z It is a land of insects, from the singular mantis and merry grasshoppers of many hues, to the scorpion, and centipedes of enormous size. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The making of our beds did not cost much effort, but one had to guard against sand-burrs, cactus, tarantulas, rattlesnakes and centipedes. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Elongate centipedes of the family Geophilidae, certain species of which are luminous, are sometimes mistaken for the true glow-worm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z One or two scorpions were caught indoors, but the three centipedes which appeared occasionally were those which had been brought in and were always escaping from a defective vivarium. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z He said: "I suppose all the houses in this latitude harbour tarantulas, centipedes, and similar things, but you must remember that you do not live alone as I do——" "Yes, I do!" Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z “But it has as many legs as a centipede,” replied Polly. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Cautiously he rolled down his dress, and spread a handkerchief on his leg a short distance before the centipede, which was moving slowly and hesitatingly upwards. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z I been a centipede, I would have assuredly been torn limb from limb, had I not just then rushed into the arms of my feline friend from Bond Street. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z When they did so, I was confined in a dungeon, and had no other companions except frogs, lizards, and centipedes. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Scorpions, which belong to the spider family, may give painful bites, and centipedes with their hundred legs, must also be watched for. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z The engine gave me a friendly toot and waving hands down the winding line of coaches gave the train the look of a giant centipede trying to pirouette with all of its port-side legs. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z I could crack scorpions, bruise the heads of centipedes, laugh at earwigs, be delighted with ants, eat weevils, admire tarantulas, encourage spiders. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Evidence of opossum activity such as digging and scratching was frequently noticed at the edges of rocks and in crevices, where such prey as skinks, narrow-mouthed toads, beetles, spiders and centipedes seek shelter. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z If he had as many hands as a centipede—so he expressed himself—he could not do all the work that was asked of him. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The scorpions, centipedes and tarantulas seemed to be more objectionable; but they were quite as anxious to get away as we were, and it is wonderful how little damage is done. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Dear God!" marvels Octopus Girl, with a look of deep concern, followed quickly by, "I put those centipedes in her outfit. Andrew D. Arnold: Horror Tales from the Far East 2006-10-31T16:20:00Z But a much more loathsome and a really dangerous creature is the large green centipede of the tropics. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z And are the young less complex than centipedes? The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z It was as though a centipede were crawling over me. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Sit down there,” he continued, pointing to the smooth, sloping sward, which he has narrowly scrutinised to make sure that no noxious reptile, whether serpent or centipede, is at hand. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Everything is perfectly cute and delightful until centipedes pour out of a rival's outfit. Andrew D. Arnold: Horror Tales from the Far East 2006-10-31T16:20:00Z While lying at the mouth of the Revooma River, we had taken on board some green wood, and with it many centipedes of a similar colour. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z They ran somewhat as follows: The centipede was happy, quite, Until the toad for fun Said, “Pray which leg comes after which?” The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Much more frequent is the fear of spiders, centipedes, and other insects. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Yet may he have overlooked the presence of deadlier foe than serpent or centipede, ay, and wolf or leopard, in that peaceful retreat. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The surveyor's diagram of a mine looks like a crushed centipede. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z It was a horrid centipede, about nine inches long. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It was quite necessary to have a bright light; from many of the logs poisonous centipedes, and an occasional scorpion, were emerging. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She sent a message down through a cleft in the rock against which Susannah was dejectedly leaning, and called from the depths where it had long been sleeping a poisonous red centipede. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Trudging through, we enter a series of larger rooms like cathedrals, some filled with rolling mounds of guano teeming with cockroaches and eight-inch centipedes. Scientist at Work: Into the Crocodile Cave 2011-06-14T22:00:42Z The Human Centipede, Tom Six's 2010 biological horror film, startled audiences with its gripping tale of a mad doctor who sews humans to one another via their gastric system to create the first "human centipede." 'The Human Centipede II' Deemed Too Gruesome for Brits 2011-06-07T17:35:00Z I wasn’t quite successful once, however, with a centipede. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In this she had to souse her trove of lizards, scorpions, centipedes and such snakes as were not too large. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z He sprang forward in a spasm of terror, brushed the centipede aside with his hand; not, however, before it had given him a venomous nip. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z I looked inside to see if there were any snake, or scorpion, or centipede in it, but saw nothing. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z The centipede, the spider, the maggots, the emmets, the bats, the rusty armour and the tattered flags, all help to deepen the sense of desolation and decay. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z When I marry, my ambition will soar beyond being bottled in alcohol or boxed in sawdust or cotton wool, like a centipede or a cracked egg of the great auk. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Some cattle streamed up a lane and over a hill; their legs moving invisibly gave them a gliding motion like a vast centipede. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The centipede and its sting were soon forgotten. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Why, he wouldn't want more if he was a—a centipede!... Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z On the body is sometimes found the pūrān suli, the circlet named after the centipede from its supposed resemblance to it. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The cab turned from it and crossed a wide avenue over which the skeleton structure of the elevated straddled like a vast centipede. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The term, however, is somewhat elastic in its current use, and students of centipedes and spiders are often reckoned among the entomologists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z As they paced away, hand in hand, a small army of fierce desert ants were dragging away the still writhing body of the centipede to their underground storehouse. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z And when I emerged from my dug-out pursued by a centipede of incredible ferocity, he held forth for a long time on the best method of dispatching rattlesnakes in the Umgoga, or some such locality. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z On the box, sat a speckled coachman and, beside him, the footmen—centipedes, while, behind, nestled a most beautiful lady, all wrapped up in the green and black fur of a butterfly caterpillar. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z It was like a huge dark centipede, except that centipedes probably do not step on so many of their heels at once. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z Class, Myriapoda.—In neither of the two orders in this class, including the millipedes and centipedes, 340can I find any well-marked instances of sexual differences such as more particularly concern us. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z With the England bid team burrowing up the Blatter colon and the travelling press pack burrowing up theirs, it made for a seemingly endless and unedifying human centipede soundtracked by sycophantic, squelchy slurping. The Fiver 2010-12-02T16:58:00Z Into these dwellings came many strange animals, driven from their nests among the roots of the scrub—snakes, lizards, and hideous centipedes. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z For a centipede, each leg represents a point of contact with ground, which limits the upward movement of the animal. Reinventing the Wheel?Naturally 2010-06-15T15:33:00Z In the 1st century, the Greek historian Diodorus recounted how rats, centipedes and snakes escaped from the city of Helice in 373 B.C. a few days before an earthquake dropped it into the Corinthian Gulf. Can Toads Be Used to Predict Earthquakes? 2010-04-01T18:50:00Z A decapitated centipede will run rapidly forward, and will seemingly strive to overturn, or else climb over obstacles placed in its way. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Flies, ants, mosquitoes, scorpions, centipedes and crickets abound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Insects of all sorts abound; scorpions, centipedes, spiders, and an ugly but harmless millipede known in Yemen as hablub are very common in summer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The chief engineer of the ship prepared a number of bottles with proof spirit, in which a lot of these scorpions and centipedes were preserved, and which were secured by passengers curious in such matters. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands All these, with the round centipede table and the Chippendale chairs set in order against the walls, were dimmed and grayed with a thick powdering of dust. The Valiants of Virginia What I'm most afraid of are scorpions and centipedes and tarantulas. The Red Mustang During the first half hour a dozen red and green things, of the centipede and scorpion kind, stupefied by the glare of the torches, fell from the trees; and he dispatched them. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches On the scrap of paper I clutched out of Jenkins' hand was a crazy scrawl of just a half-dozen words: I'm a biped, not a centipede! The Haunted Pajamas Why not in French?” snapped out the little centipede, virulently. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec And I shall throw you into a dungeon with nothing but mice and rats and serpents and centipedes—yes, and snails that leave a white slimy trail over you when they crawl! The Firebrand The utility of a fine mat and a fan to a centipede is too obvious to be insisted on. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II A southbound passenger train crawled along the west like a resolute centipede plodding to a date: behind the fugitive, abreast, now far ahead, creeping along the shining straightaway. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus After removing a layer of seed-cotton that might harbor scorpions or centipedes, I spread my blanket near the hatch and made myself comfortable for the night. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The generative organs vary in structural details in different centipedes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Invertebrates, such as snails, centipedes, woodlice, beetles, and cockroaches, are constantly being unintentionally carried with vegetables, fruit, trees, and with timber from one country to another. The History of the European Fauna There might be seen birds, fish, and rats, likewise the mantis, centipedes, and beetles. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II At first he saw only a long straggling line of moving objects that resembled a giant centipede with countless legs and undulating back. Tahara Among African Tribes A centipede was the only tenant after the evasion of the iguana. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. In habits as well as in structure the Scutigeridae, of which Scutigera is the best-known genus, differ greatly from other centipedes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Its action is characteristically serpentine, recalling that of a centipede. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Later he'd work into heavier stuff—bats and leeches and centipedes and such like fascinating reptiles—or maybe dodge a panther or a wild pig or a boa constrictor in the jungle. Where the Pavement Ends Then there was a monster centipede kept appearing and disappearing on the wall above my bed, so that I had to keep the light going all night, and hardly got any sleep at all. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising “Yonder,” I answered, pointing to my wagon, which, far away on the plain beneath, drawn by its span of twelve black Zulu oxen, seemed at that distance to creep along like some great centipede. The White Shield Remains of centipedes closely related to existing forms have been recorded from Oligocene beds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It must be a centipede on my shoulder that you are pointing at. To Lhassa at Last Never while I was Captain C.'s guest did I see either centipede, or scorpion, or jigger, or any other unclean beast in any room of which these girls had charge. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses You can—this heap has got the legs of a centipede and you've got plenty of gas and oil. Triplanetary Along with snakes, centipedes, little yellow bobcats, whisky, poker, maybe a beef or two—there were other features worthy of note. Stepsons of Light This last discovery bears out the view of relationship between the centipedes and insects, to the exclusion of the Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The railroad seems like a huge centipede with rails for the body, ties for the limbs and smoke for the breath. Seeds of Pine I had been threatened with centipedes and scorpions in my bedroom. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses He then went to a bees' nest and swept all the bees into it, and caught a great many scorpions and centipedes, snakes and spiders. Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country Rowing like black centipedes, the Dorian hulls bore down on our outnumbered ships. The Big Time In all centipedes, except the Scutigeridae, the preantennal portion of the cephalite is sharply reflexed, ventrally forming an area called the clypeus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" White-rimmed ditches appeared from behind projecting promontories of yellow sand, crawled under wire fences whose crooked, ghostly sticks, like the legs of some gigantic centipede, straggled around patches of wheat and barley. The Vision of Elijah Berl As a symbol on the head of Mictlan-tecuhtli, the lord of the North, two representations of a centipede are distinguishable. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations We often heard stories of fatal bites from scorpions, centipedes, cobras, and other reptiles, but our own experience goes to show that they are naturally inclined to avoid human beings. The Pearl of India And suppose a giant, humanly-intelligent centipede should make too much whoopee some night, and endeavor to slip upstairs without waking the wife. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 This is the legend of the lost centipede that once held undisputed sway of the Lost Property Office at Scotland Yard before it came to an untimely end. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police All manner of creeping things in general, and centipedes and rattlesnakes in particular, made their homes in its crevices. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas In a few hours there is not a rat, mouse, snake, centipede, spider, or scorpion in your house, as they are chased, killed and carried away. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children My brother," boomed the Giant, "if you continue to dwell upon the philosophical implications of your actions you will end up as helpless and confused as the leg-counting centipede. Rastignac the Devil The sides of the decrepit structure bulged outward and were prevented from bursting by timber props radiating on all sides like the legs of a centipede. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" But even a centipede cannot defy Scotland Yard with impunity. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police An urchin dangles his stolen wristwatch like a fish in a bottle while shoals of centipedes make a beeline in a poseidon stampede. The Land of Look Behind In the kitchen was a well-scrubbed table of about three-quarters of a mile in length, and possessed of as many legs as a centipede, some of which could be moved to support flaps. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography He had no more need for a ready-reckoner than a centipede has of legs. The Bondboy To meet a snake, a viper in the house, or a centipede crawling over the walls is also lucky. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia With throttle wide open he sent the little car hurtling straight for the giant centipede. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 It was like a fifty-foot centipede of metal, its scores of supporting short legs actuated by some mechanism inside the cylindrical body. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The removal of the decayed wood and the ashes, with hundreds of broiled scarabees and centipedes, together with a score of baked bats occupied over two hours' time. In Desert and Wilderness The eight segments which coalesce to make the head of a centipede, jointly protect the cephalic ganglion, and afford a solid fulcrum for the jaws, &c. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I There were great beetles, centipedes, ants, crickets, hopping, crawling things, and grotesquely immense in size. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Its pale jointed body was some twenty feet in length, and had apparently been developed from that of a centipede, with scores of racing legs that carried it with startling speed over the rocky terrain. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Nothing showed that the Martian's call had been heard, and after a moment's glance that showed the head of the centipede machine already freed, they were clambering up into its control room, closing the door. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 This brought them all out on the front veranda again, where I had to pretend I was sorry, which I was—for the centipede. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The centipedes were often six or seven inches long. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 When the Dragon King saw that even this brave warrior’s arrows were powerless to kill the centipede, he lost heart and began to tremble with fear. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales If he betrayed them again, there were men among them who would kill him as remorselessly as they would stamp on a centipede. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main But when they came out, what had felt like whales and salmon, and all sorts of fishes, were really wasps and horse-flies and spiders and centipedes, and other poisonous insects, which stung him terribly. Aino Folk-Tales Young apple-smellers live on the bottoms of ponds, and look like centipedes. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly We have no scorpions, snakes, poisonous centipedes, or any other vile thing of that sort. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand “I want you to kill my mortal enemy the centipede, who lives on the mountain beyond,” and the Dragon King pointed to a high peak on the opposite shore of the lake. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales And the centipede laughed a cackling laugh and went in again. Eskimo Folk-Tales In the former they employ snakes, beetles, centipedes, and the aureli� of the silk worm and other insects; the meloe and the bee are used for blisters. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton One cannot have too many legs in Clovelly,—a centipede would find himself at an uncommon advantage. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series She complains, when you have kept her waiting while you were buying undersleeves, that you must have bought 'undersleeves enough for a centipede.' The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Will you not help me and kill my enemy the centipede?” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The first is two centipedes, which are on the shelf with the snake; the second is an iron hitching post; and the third is a live alligator about a foot and a half long. Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Frequently both centipedes and scorpions are found on the steamers, introduced, no doubt, in the wood used for fuel. Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Third, one indigestion incubated by cumulative series of pie and complicated by attentions from one large centipede. The Gay Rebellion An' I up an' told her you'd think she kep' a young centipede much less a human boy with only two legs to him. 'Lizbeth of the Dale This time the arrow again hit the centipede right in the middle of its head, but instead of glancing off harmlessly as before it struck home to the creature’s brain. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Once I was bitten by a centipede, brother, and laid up a fortnight with fever from it. The Brothers Karamazov When at length the traveller stops to rest, he must take care to examine the camping ground to see that neither centipede nor scorpion is there. Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly No, not one; the only poisonous reptiles are scorpions and centipedes. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The Division snaked out of the dust presently, a huge brown centipede that had been chopped in bits, and moved with intervals between its travelling sections. The Dop Doctor The poisonous centipede has a flattened brownish-yellow body, with a single pair of short legs for each body segment, and long, many-jointed antenn�. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Well, I felt a centipede biting at my heart then—a noxious insect, you understand? The Brothers Karamazov To say he could talk a donkey's hind leg off would be a mild way of describing his excessive volubility—he would chatter a centipede's legs off. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition One of our servants, a very strict Mahometan, believed himself charmed against poisonous reptiles, and used to bring me centipedes and scorpions in his hands, saying they never hurt him. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak There must have been some centipedes in the family. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 The woods abound with a number of dangerous reptiles, such as centipedes and scorpions. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales As I was about to remark, the chambers and tunnels and the passages connecting these places are pretty bare and cheerless—if we except scorpions, horned toads, centipedes, tarantulas—and other equally undesirable occupants. 'Firebrand' Trevison The pagan priests made use of an ointment composed of insects, such as spiders, scorpions, centipedes and the like, which the neophytes in the temples prepared. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Uses.—The fleshy, aromatic leaves of this plant are bruised and applied locally for the bites of centipedes and scorpions. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines She was not any means courageous, and her young cousins, Solomona's sons, had been wont to make mirth of her terror when a centipede had once been found nestling under a cushion near her. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History The centipedes, surprised at being disturbed, rolled themselves up; their pale blue color somewhat diminishing the repugnance which their appearance generally excites. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The most striking features in the Syrian landscape are two parallel mountain ranges, which appear on the map like two centipedes, running north and south. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 They can also make a stick look like a serpent, a mat like a centipede, a piece of stone like a scorpion, and similar deceptions. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History "But—but what is that noise?" asked the girl from the North, her mind filled with thoughts of tarantulas and centipedes. The Mission of Janice Day Then we were bitten by the frost—now we shall be bitten by the sand-flies, and mosquitoes, and bats, and snakes, and scorpions, and spiders, and stung by wasps, and centipedes, and great red ants! Popular Adventure Tales "Here is a little centipede with only twelve legs." Adventures of a Young Naturalist She says, anyhow, she wishes she were a centipede—in arms—because perhaps then she wouldn't miss her left one so much, if she had plenty more of them. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Shaw was the best hearted of men; he would not hurt a human being in the world, cruel as he was to bugs, and to centipedes an ‘outer barbarian.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 I've routed out centipedes and scorpions and poison bugs of all kinds until I am tired of it. Tabitha at Ivy Hall And from that moment the centipede, because he could not remember the proper order of his going, lost all his former skill, and became the poor clumsy victim of his own self-consciousness. The Approach to Philosophy "What is the use of having forty-four feet," he cried, "if the centipede can not get on faster than a carabus, which only has six?" Adventures of a Young Naturalist Sometimes with a hundred thousand arms it overtakes everything; sometimes with a hundred thousand feet it moves as slowly as a centipede. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics A Yankee can't be foiled, for he has more ways than a centipede has legs. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service I suppose the spiders and centipedes come in through the open screen, too, don't they, and roost in the dishpan hanging on the wall! Tabitha at Ivy Hall Then we were bitten by the frost,—now we shall be bitten by sand-flies, and mosquitoes, and bats, and snakes, and scorpions, and spiders, and stung by wasps, and centipedes, and great red ants! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon "It is armor, in fact; the scolopendræ form a line of demarkation, so to speak, separating insects from crustaceans; centipedes are not very distant relations of lobsters." Adventures of a Young Naturalist I was never meant to go shouldering arms and making two legs of a long centipede, and crawling about. The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne "You talk as if we were centipedes," said Bess, releasing Nan's foot and sitting up grumpily in the berth. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves How many people do you ever hear of being killed here on the desert by centipedes or scorpions or tarantulas, or even snakes? Tabitha at Ivy Hall As Tekanae took up the bowl, to his horror he found it to consist of living centipedes. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology We had to take refuge in the cabin, which we shared with the troops of cockroaches, centipedes, and numberless other creeping things. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting It was gradually discovered that in those dark places there existed not only insects, spiders, crustaceans, centipedes, worms, and snails, but also a kind of salamander and fishes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 While Hill stood on the walk, telling himself that the gaudily painted dragon looked very much like an overgrown centipede, he suddenly caught sight of a man in an automobile. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California “Speaking of hats, little Ann—did you ever hear the tale of the centipede lady and her shoes?” Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann Here was a new event in her history: the bowl of living centipedes had been disposed of, and yet Tekanae manifested no sign of pain, no intention to leap into the cooling, but fatal, waters. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Its bite is as bad as that of the scorpion or centipede. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent "Was the creature a centipede he would hardly have drumsticks to satisfy you!" laughed their mother. Carl and the Cotton Gin The great rock-scorpion of the Sahara is about as ugly as the centipede of Arizona and Mexico; in size it is also about as124 large—from six to ten inches in length. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Say, a dead horse seems to have more legs than a centipede when you try to drag it through a narrow space, and they all stick out in different directions. Side Show Studies Not a sound was to be heard, save such little rustlings of dry leaves and chirpings as were suggestive of snakes and centipedes. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters They have scorpions and centipedes in Australia, and their bite is just as deadly as that of the same creatures elsewhere. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Glowing caterpillars and centipedes crawled about, leaving a trail of light behind them, and fireflies, darting to and fro, peopled the air and gave additional animation to the scene. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago I guess there’ll be all the ’gators we want in there, to say nothing of snakes, mosquitos, scorpions, centipedes, and other ‘varmint.’ In Search of El Dorado “Not even your slippers, to protect you from the scorpions and centipedes,” replied the lady, shutting the “jalousie.” Olla Podrida The carrying gang, with a massive balk on the shoulders, resembled a huge centipede. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Looked down upon them from your floating tower, they strongly resemble a swarm of centipedes. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 There they saw the crawlers; hideous things that p. 86 crawled on multiple legs like three-ton centipedes, their mouths set with six mandibles and dripping a stinking saliva. Space Prison The rattlesnake, the centipede, the Gila monster, the tarantula, all carry poison. Oh, You Tex! Onward over the smooth waters came the huge barges, each with its twenty-six oars, looking like a mighty centipede. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The little rattlesnake known as the "side-winder" is perhaps the most dangerous of all, although the tarantula, centipede, and scorpion are formidable foes. The Western United States A Geographical Reader No one was to go to bed without examining the bedding for tarantulas or centipedes. The Forbidden Trail Slip up to the hotel an' tell the cook to shoot me down a half-dozen buzzard's eggs fried in grizzly juice, a couple of rattlesnake sandwiches, a platter of live centipedes, an' a prickly-pear salad. Prairie Flowers He owned a centipede barge on the Nile, which was the badge of big money in those days. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel "Look at that great centipede striding across the valley," I said. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance A tarp had been tacked over the dirt ceiling to keep scorpions and centipedes from dropping down on the bunks below. Kid Wolf of Texas There were many scorpions and centipedes, with once in a while a tarantula. The Forbidden Trail He does this, ostensibly, to keep out ten-inch-long centipedes, and bats, but, in reality, to keep out "jumbies" and ghosts, of which he is much more afraid. Plotting in Pirate Seas And they eat beetles and spiders and centipedes. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies "And all the way there are scores, if not hundreds, of smaller canyons and 'washes,' reaching out like the fingers of a whopping big hand; or the feelers of a centipede." The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave The map furthermore indicated by means of an interminable centipede that a railway led from this place Salonika right away up into Serbia, and on from thence towards the very heart of the Dual Monarchy. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Would you oblige me by putting your foot on that centipede? The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede. Hunting the Lions Ants, centipedes, tarantulas, weevils, etc., as well as many of the crustacea will give battle on the slightest provocation, clearly showing by their actions that anger and hate are their incentives. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals The cabin was not very large nor yet very clean; indeed, cockroaches and centipedes were crawling about in all directions, and every now and then dropped down on the white cloth from the beams above. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure What were the rats, cockroaches, and centipedes swarming in the little confined cabin, redolent of tobacco smoke and spirits, to them? The Three Lieutenants A fountain in the middle kept the floor damp and seemed to prove an attraction to various centipedes, scorpions, and other noisome creatures which were crawling about. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story More than once, scorpions, centipedes, snakes, and other reptiles, started up from under the rocks. In the Eastern Seas To test the reasoning powers of these ants, I partially disabled a centipede and threw it into the square a short distance from the patrol line. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals “Well, go and lie down and take a caulk, if the centipedes and cockroaches will let you,” laughed Rayner. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “I cannot say,” replied the professor, who was digging away energetically, and dislodging ants, a centipede or two, and a great many other insects. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor It was the most natural thing in the world to him that he should ask for duty in the land of deserts, centipedes, rattlesnakes, and Apaches. A Wounded Name Gone is the buffalo, the Indian warwhoop, the free grass of the open plain;—even the stinging lizard, the horned frog, the centipede, the prairie dog, the rattlesnake, are fast disappearing. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads The messenger was sent to headquarters and reënforcements were sent out, and soon the line was as strong as ever, though hundreds of soldiers were warring with the centipede. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Die soon enough in this infernal nest of centipedes without being shot in the chaparral! The Rifle Rangers They took the body of a centipede, the wings of a butterfly, the legs of a grasshopper and the head of a beetle, and glued these together to form a weird monster. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers But anyway, where it was hot, and there were a lot of natives and snakes and centipedes. Just Patty He lengthened the horns of the Texas steers, And put an addition on the rabbit's ears; He put a little devil in the broncho steed, And poisoned the feet of the centipede. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads In digging a garden a number of little animals are found, such as earthworms, beetles, ants, centipedes, millipedes and others. Lessons on Soil The centipede became so vast and complex that no banker could begin to understand it. The Masques of Ottawa Among the most uncomfortable of these are the alacran, or scorpion, and the centipede, both of which reptiles are found freely upon the walls and roofs of the adobe dwellings. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development It was two hundred feet long, and it looked somehow like a gigantic centipede. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 A discovery is an incurable disease; and it had been discovered that a crowd could be turned into an iron centipede, crushing larger and looser crowds. A Short History of England Winged centipedes they were—centipedes fully six feet long, hurling themselves along the ground and through the air in furious hordes. Spacehounds of IPC Governments of either party have never been inhospitable to the benign octopus—centipede it became—that had its origin in the Parliament of Canada and wrecked one Tory Government. The Masques of Ottawa Both the scorpion and centipede have a venomous sting, the former sometimes fatal. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development It looked more than ever like a monstrous, deadly centipede. Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 He would explain the serial homologies of such creatures as the lobster and centipede thus: Animals of a very low grade propagate themselves by spontaneous fission. On the Genesis of Species Clouds of superheated steam roared upward, condensing into a hot rain which descended in destructive torrents upon the fastnesses of the centipedes. Spacehounds of IPC Nurse Farrow made a wry face as though she'd just discovered that the stuff she had in her mouth was a ball of wooly centipedes. Highways in Hiding Of noxious reptiles and insects the rattlesnake is much in evidence, as well as the tarantula, centipede, alacran, or scorpion, and varieties of ants. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development In these forests the jointed-footed invaders of the dry land ran riot in the form of centipedes, spiders, scorpions, and insects, and on these the primeval Amphibians fed. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Secondly, as regards the last-mentioned author's explanation of such serial homology as exists in the centipede and its allies, the very groundwork is open to objection. On the Genesis of Species From globes and tanks there sounded a drumming roar and small capsules broke in thousands among the foe; emitting a red cloud of gas in which the centipedes shriveled and died. Spacehounds of IPC Unfortunately the dust storms were even worse here than among the heavier sand and the place swarmed with centipedes, scorpions and other undesirables. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Schubert was a divinely awkward stammerer, and Liszt the brilliant centipede amongst virtuosi. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques An animal like the jellyfish is unthinkable on land, and the elongated bodies of some land animals like centipedes and snakes are specially adapted so that they do not "sprawl." The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told In the spider, we have a specially constructed antenna; and finally in the centipede a pair of modified thoracic limbs. On the Genesis of Species The last pair of legs in the centipede and millipede are never used for walking, and are generally much longer than the rest. Chatterbox, 1905. Flies were inevitable, but when strange winged beasts and enormous centipedes developed the habit of dropping in casually at inconvenient hours, one felt that one's hospitable instincts were being over-taxed. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Some consisted of arrangements of lines and scrolls; a favourite one, which was only carved on women, represented a centipede. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia A centipede was found upon another boy's desk, and he was of course suspected of having brought it into the school-room. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money She must not lie down on the ground on account of the centipedes and scorpions. Son of Power The insect has three pairs; the centipede and millipede have a very variable number, ranging from fifteen to one hundred and twenty-one pairs! Chatterbox, 1905. He has slain the polysyllable, that huge and slimy centipede which has sprawled over all the valleys of England like the "loathly worm" who was slain by the ancient knight. George Bernard Shaw "Well, you may think what you like, but you may see some of our winter centipedes some time, and then it is possible you will feel that you owe me an apology." Frank Merriwell's Chums Or, if interested in natural history, you can secure a horned toad, a centipede, or a tarantula, alive or dead, and "set up." A Truthful Woman in Southern California Glyph belonging to god D, apparently composed of signs for centipede, Dresden 7b. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices According to the lines of a humorous poem, the centipede was said to have been— 'Happy till One day a toad, in fun, Said, "Pray which leg moves after which?" Chatterbox, 1905. You've more legs than a centipede!—who stole away every day and went under the barn where it was so cool and shady, and laid a lovely little smooth, cream-coloured egg. At Home with the Jardines "Well, these winter centipedes are great creatures to seek warm corners, and so they get into beds." Frank Merriwell's Chums "It crawls through the darkness like an illuminated centipede." The Mayor of Warwick In each of these cases the centipede head surrounded by dots is shown in connection with the main part of the glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices An Indian has as many angles in his makeup as a centipede has legs. I Married a Ranger And Carol leaped into bed, desperately afraid a lizard, or a scorpion or a centipede might lie beneath in wait for unwary pink toes once the guarding lights were out. Sunny Slopes Barney and Hans declared over and over that they had been bitten by "centipedes," and showed the wounds. Frank Merriwell's Chums All those found in the Northern States are perfectly harmless, the true centipede, whose bite is reputed much more venomous than it really is, being found only in the South. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. This shows a prefix clearly representing the centipede and the “moon sign” is the main part of the glyph. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices My son," observed Duane, "there are a few subjects for conversation which do not include the centipede and the polka-dotted dickey-bird. The Danger Mark Insects fill the world with the noise of their business—spiders, butterflies, and centipedes, ants, beetles, and flies, and mysterious entities that crawl nameless under foot. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories The centipedes of tropical countries are smaller than our regular winter centipedes, which are sometimes as large as a man's hand. Frank Merriwell's Chums The other fifteen belong to the “centipede” group, the body consisting of about sixteen flattened segments, or rings, each bearing a single pair of legs. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The centipede is connected with death and destruction in the same way as the owl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The centipede was happy quite, Until the toad, for fun, Said, 'Pray which leg goes after which?' The Trained Memory Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency We had made no more discoveries, beyond the opening up of various prosaic offices and cellars that may once have harboured loot but were now empty of everything but bats and centipedes. Pieces of Eight Lieutenant Gordan made a rigid investigation of the racket caused by the "centipedes," but he failed to fasten the blame firmly on any one. Frank Merriwell's Chums Speaking about another island, the natives, in the hope of intimidating the teachers, said, “There are alligators there, and snakes, and centipedes.” Adventures in New Guinea The centipede occurs only with god D. Quadrupeds are employed as head-dresses only very seldom. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices There were jackals in the court-yard, and rats in the granary; mould and fungus were everywhere to be seen; musk-rats and centipedes swarmed in the rooms; bats flew about night and day. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal In those masses of Arundina bambusæfolia beneath the table yonder doubtless there are centipedes lurking, perhaps even scorpions, which have escaped the first inspection. About Orchids A Chat It was some time before order was restored, the centipede killed, and Jimmy's remaining gifts thrown out of the window. More William The gardener says, I ought to add, The centipede is not so bad; He rather likes the brutes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 In the Dresden Codex, god D constantly appears in connection with a head-dress from which depends a centipede, greatly reduced and conventionalized. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices And some of these days you'll get bit with a snake or a centipede or—" "Centipedes don't bite. Skyrider Wood-lice, centipedes, above all, cockroaches, those hideous and deadly foes of the orchid, are their victims. About Orchids A Chat Aunt Evangeline had rushed from the room when the slaughter of the centipede had left the coast clear, and refused to return. More William Thus in the life-story of an insect or other arthropod, such as a lobster, a spider, or a centipede, there must be a succession of cuticle-castings—'moults' or ecdyses as they are often called. The Life-Story of Insects Maya day sign, Akbal, possibly representing the head of a centipede. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices In the coral there was also another insect, not unlike a centipede. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 A centipede could have been no more active. The Palace of Darkened Windows He found a centipede in the garden and pressed it into her hand on the way to school. More William The centipede along the threshold crept, The cobweb hung across in mazy tangle, And in its winding-sheet the maggot slept, At every nook and angle. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Among the wood that we cut here we found many scorpions and centipedes, with numerous black ants that were an inch long. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Glowing caterpillars and centipedes crawled about, leaving a trail of light behind them, and fireflies darting to and fro peopled the air and gave additional animation to the scene. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata Among ancient Indians or Hebrews tales of seven headed snakes or of stopping the sun did not arouse the critical spirit, for the phenomena did not seem much more extraordinary than centipedes or eclipses. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 But with the exception of these tormenting insects, and a rather alarming variety of centipedes, scorpions, and spiders, we have no venomous creatures to disturb us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 It looked very formidable in the half-light, like a scorpion or centipede. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The only noxious or disgusting animals of the reptile or insect tribe, are sea-snakes, three feet long, with black and white circles alternately, often found on shore; some scorpions, and centipedes. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time There is about as much likeness to the Aryan and Semitic languages—you can trace about as much analogy between them—as you can between a centipede and a billiard-ball. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The island also swarms with centipedes and scorpions, and a large black ant, scarcely inferior to either in the malignity of its bite. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Her mast was still stepped, but a hundred centipedes crawled over the hull. White Shadows in the South Seas Like both of you, who never by any chance poke your noses outside the city, I fancied snakes and centipedes were confined to the prairies. The Sorcery Club In its unknown depths, where neither ant nor centipede ever had ventured, it spread out the green leaf roll and covered the uneven floor with the most beautiful carpet. Invisible Links Le Sa in one place was a household god, and incarnate in the centipede. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before Here are also the greatest variety and abundance of the finest fruit in the world, but the musquitos, centipedes, scorpions, and other noxious vermin, which are innumerable, are extremely troublesome, especially to strangers. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time We found lobsters among the rocks, too, and on some beaches a strange kind of lobsterish delicacy called in Tahiti varo, a kind of mantis-shrimp that looks like a superlatively villainous centipede. White Shadows in the South Seas |
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