20 Fun Facts About Centipedes

20 Fun Facts About Centipedes
Title 20 Fun Facts About Centipedes PDF eBook
Author Matthew Elkin
Publisher Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pages 34
Release 2013-01-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1433982331

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Most people are familiar with the common house centipede. This long-legged bug is often found hiding in dark closets and damp basements. However, the house centipede is just one of many kinds of centipedes living all over the world. Centipedes come in many sizes and colors, but they all have one thing in common—lots of legs. Readers will enjoy the informative and engaging text paired with brilliant photographs of the world’s most interesting centipedes.

Harry the Poisonous Centipede

Harry the Poisonous Centipede
Title Harry the Poisonous Centipede PDF eBook
Author Lynne Reid Banks
Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Centipedes
ISBN 9780007476770

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Harry is a curious, mischievous young centipede who gets himself in all kinds of trouble when he disobeys his mother and makes the forbidden trip up into the dangerous world of "hoo-mins".

Centipedes

Centipedes
Title Centipedes PDF eBook
Author Nancy Dickmann
Publisher Heinemann-Raintree Library
Pages 28
Release 2006
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781410917683

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Centipedes can be found in many places outdoors, including your own backyard! Allow your readers to find out about this creature's world in this fact-filled title.

Centipedes

Centipedes
Title Centipedes PDF eBook
Author Kristin Petrie
Publisher ABDO
Pages 34
Release 2008-08-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1616136014

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Centipedes are some of the world's most fascinating bugs! This book's easy-to-read text and larger-than-life color photos bring the centipede's world to life, introducing readers to a centipede's diet, habitat, enemies, and methods of defense. Diagrams help readers investigate the concept of metamorphosis and identify body parts, from the centipede's poisonous fangs to its many legs. The digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems are also described. A step-by-step approach to scientific classification helps place centipedes within the class Chilopoda. Readers are also encouraged to consider the benefits and drawbacks of centipedes, as well as how they impact our daily lives. From house centipedes to tiger centipedes, young entomologists will enjoy uncovering the lives of these amazing creatures. Informative sidebars and Bug Bytes aim to peak readers' interest, while bolded glossary terms, phonetic spellings, and an index enhance readability. Checkerboard is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Giant Centipedes

Giant Centipedes
Title Giant Centipedes PDF eBook
Author Orin McMonigle
Publisher Elytra and Antenna
Pages 44
Release 2003
Genre Centipedes
ISBN 9780971912953

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"Centipedes include some of the most massive and impressive anthropods on earth. Many species display incredible colors and striking combinations of red, blue, green, yellow, orange and black...Giant Centipedes is written to promote the centipede hobby and offer information not readily available to the hobbyist" BOOK JACKET.

The Biology of Centipedes

The Biology of Centipedes
Title The Biology of Centipedes PDF eBook
Author J. G. E. Lewis
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 0
Release 2007-02-15
Genre Science
ISBN 0521034116

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A comprehensive account of centipede biology providing a critical review of the work on this subject.

The Weird

The Weird
Title The Weird PDF eBook
Author Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher Tor Books
Pages 2482
Release 2012-01-24
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466803193

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From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.