1: Movement. Centipedes moves in a zig-zag swaying pattern, millipedes moves in straight lines. 2: Body thickness. Centipedes have a flat, trapezoidal body. Millipedes has a rounded, sausage-like body. 3: Legs: Centipedes has fewer legs per section (only one pair) compared to millipedes (2 pairs). 4: Defense mechanism: Centipedes will bite anything that tried to touch them. Millipedes will curl into spiral tablet when touched.
1: Movement. Centipedes moves in a zig-zag swaying pattern, millipedes moves in straight lines. 2: Body thickness. Centipedes have a flat, trapezoidal body. Millipedes has a rounded, sausage-like body. 3: Legs: Centipedes has fewer legs per section (only one pair) compared to millipedes (2 pairs). 4: Defense mechanism: Centipedes will bite anything that tried to touch them. Millipedes will curl into spiral tablet when touched.
5: Food. Centipedes are predatory carnivores (thus the poison claws), millipedes are herbivores, mostly eating dead plant materiel.
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