This is why I like this group - a veritable cornucopia of useful
information.
(sorry, went a bit poetic there).
All this info makes Africa even more appealing - can I live there please?
Charles
"Corné" wrote in message
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I know it as "Mombasa train". I don't know whether it is
poisonous, but almost certainly not for us humans.
Mombassa express, Shongololo express (shongololo is zulu for centipide,
however is is a millipide) are the common names.
They don't have a poisonous bite/sting, but can squirt a fluid which
contains cyanide. Centipide however can inflict a poisonous bite.
If you touch them and they roll up then it's a female, male just keep on
going (this I have learned from a Shangaan tracker, but actually I don't
recall why this is so).
Not sure which animals eat millipedes, I taught civet cats and honey
badgers
did.
Corné.
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