You find a multi-legged animal in your garden and want to determine if it is a centipede or a millipede

You take the animal to a university where a myriapodologist quickly tells you that you have found a centipede. Which of the following may have allowed her to make this distinction?
A) segmentation
B) poisonous fangs
C) the total number of legs
D) egg-laying
E) molting


Answer: B

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