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This Deadly Creepy Crawly Is A Foot Long With 21 Legs, Venomous Enough To Kill A Bat – And A Mmall Child – And Has Eaten Flesh From A Human Corpse

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Meet the biggest – and most venomous – centipede in the world

The biggest centipede in the world is the aptly named Amazonian giant centipede,  measuring up to an incredible foot long (30cm or 12 inches) or more.

The Amazonian giant centipede is made up of 27 segments, with 21 pairs of legs – the first pair of which delivers the deadly venom to its victims.

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