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May 16, 2005

Digging Centipedes: What a happy earth this could be!

And yet another At the Threshold column from Dr. Olin Ivey at the Daily Bailout:


[This redheaded centipede is native to the deserts of the southwest USA. It is a spectacular sight and also venomous though not fatal to humans--mainly to other bugs! Courtesy of Univ. of Arizona]

EXCERPT: ... a centipede, a hover fly, an earthworm, tiny insects, or microbes – well, that’s another matter. We further forget that without their continual labor – which often is centered in their absorbing, digesting, secreting, and otherwise eliminating the eliminations of other creatures.

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Posted by wjbailes at May 16, 2005 04:26 PM

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