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Notes from the Field: Geophilomorphaa thread to post random notes from the field 
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i saw some cool ~defensive behaviour from a soil centipede as i was collecting them this weekend. it did exactly a defensive backwards lunge. the centipede was about 8cm long. it anchored about 1 cm of the rear, about 1cm from the tail end and then powerfully and quickly bunched up the front end of its body, effectively moving almost a bodylength backwards in will under a second. if you have watched these dudes motorign around you would realize that almost a full bodylength of location displacement in a second is VERY fast for these dudes! it was pretty sweet. i got all excited when i saw it hehehe
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