Which would win in a race, a centipede or a millipede?

Which would win in a race, a centipede or a millipede? Centipedes are much faster. Precise figures are hard to come by, but common centipede species run at comparable speeds to a spider, whereas millipedes move more at the pace of an ant.

The reason for this has nothing to do with their different numbers of legs – the leggiest centipede species have 384 legs (Himantarum gabrielis), which is more than a typical garden millipede. But almost all centipedes are hunters and have evolved legs that splay out sideways from their body, which allows a rapid rowing motion as they chase…

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News Source: https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/which-is-faster-centipede-or-millipede/


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