centipede
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What is one to make of Emerson’s journal entry “I feel the centipede in me” after visiting Paris’s Jardin des Plantes in 1833?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Machado notes that in arthropods, a group that includes the centipede, maternal care is associated with rough conditions.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
And despite having an elaborate, curling centipede inked on his face and neck, he’s crestfallen that Bailey would let a friend cut off her locks before the big day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024
Similarly, the legs of a centipede move in canon with illusory waves sweeping along its entire length.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
My old heart started turning somersaults; and something that felt like a thousand-legged centipede jiggled its way up my spine.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
In certain groups of centipedes, Machado writes, "this apparently increases offspring survival, because without the mother the eggs and nymphs always die from fungal attack or unknown reasons."
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
"From what I've learned, house centipedes are harmless and actually beneficial because they prey on other household pests," she said.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Snakes make up most of the images, but human figures, centipedes, alligators, other animals, and geometric motifs also appear.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
In 2022, for example, CBP found live centipedes concealed inside earphone cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent
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