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My Pet Centipede
A fellow received a pet centipede as a gift. Sunday morning came and it was time to go to church. He asked the centipede if he would like to go to church.His pet said yes.
A while later, the fellow says, I thought you wanted to go to church.
The centipede says: I heard you the first time. BUT I have 100 pairs of pants to put on.
Until very recently, no centipede was found that did not have an odd number of leg pairs. Usually the number varies from 15 to 191 pairs, all odd. No one knows why. However, Chris Kettle, a doctoral student in ecology, recently found a centipede with 48 pairs of legs, an even number. The remarkable discovery was presented to the International Congress of Myriapodology in Poland and featured in the science journal Trends in Genetics. Mr. Kettle suspects a genetic mutation is responsible for the even number of leg pairs.
"Don't strike a flea on a tiger's head."
- Chinese Proverb
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