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These flesh-eating centipedes hunt and eat baby birds alive. Here’s why. – Livescience.com

The centipedes hunt at night, striking young, defenceless petrel chicks in their nests and devouring them alive after injecting…

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Giant, carnivorous centipedes
on a South Pacific island can kill and eat up to 3,700 seabird chicks every year, a new study has revealed. 
Phillip Island centipedes (Cormocephalus coynei) are ferocious beasties, growing up to nearly 1 foot (30 centimeters)…

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