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Giant foot-long flesh-eating centipedes caught for first time preying on seabird chicks
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Giant foot-long flesh-eating centipedes are devouring the seabird population on an Australian island.Scientists have recorded the first known examples of the behaviour on Phillip Island in which the large creepy crawlies use a potent venom to kill their prey. Details of the findings were published in The American Naturalist in which the scientists describe the centipedes as the leading predators on the island.
