Giant centipedes devour thousands of seabird chicks every year
Hot on the heels of revelations about murderous tortoises comes a new study about equally deadly centipedes that hunt and eat birds.
Source: cosmosmagazine.com
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Marham Park Bury St Edmunds community leader on Co-op plans | East Anglian Daily Times
A Bury St Edmunds community leader has said he will do all he can to ensure that work at the proposed Marham Park Co-op is completed quickly.
Source: eadt.co.uk
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Phillip Island, Norfolk Island see plants, animals return
It is the little animals like snails, skinks, geckos and giant centipedes that make Pacific Island ecosystems tick. The giant carnivorous centipede – more than 30 centimetres long – feasts on skinks and baby seabirds, providing nutrients for the soil. The snails eat the slime and the rubbish.
Source: smh.com.au
Giant bird-eating centipedes exist – and they're surprisingly important for Australia's ecosystem | Norfolk Island
Phillip Island centipedes devour up to 3,700 black-winged petrel chicks each year, trapping nutrients brought from the ocean by the seabirds and distributing them around the island
Source: theguardian.com