You know the urban myth that these long - legged insects are actually
highly venomous but don't have the fangs necessary to cause any harm?
«Most of
the highly venomous snakes also have a non-venomous mimic counterpart.»
This is an Anderson's Pitviper (Trimeresurus Andersoni),
a highly venomous snake, photographed by Dr. Kartik Sunagar in the Andaman Islands of India.
We've only just discovered that many stonefish can flip out a spiny bone in their faces when predators attack, in addition to having
highly venomous spines
Not exact matches
As in the millipedes (which, unlike centipedes, are not
venomous), they are
highly segmented (15 to 173 segments), but with only one pair of walking legs per segment.
They are
venomous, can grow to several metres long and will be on to you long before you know they are there, sensing your body heat with a pair of
highly sensitive infrared - detecting organs that sit just below their eyes.