Posted on 12/16/2021 8:47:48 AM PST by Red Badger
A new species of millipede, Eumillipes persephone, which has up to 1,306 legs – the most of any animal ever knownThe first true millipede—1,306 legs long, Paul E. Marek, Bruno A. Buzatto, William A. Shear, Jackson C. Means, Dennis G. Black, Mark S. Harvey, Juanita Rodriguez, Scientific Reports VIEW 2 IMAGES
Most millipedes are frauds – despite their name being Latin for “thousand legs,” they usually only have a few hundred at most. But a newly discovered species is the first to really earn its name with well over 1,000 legs, far more than any other creature on the planet.
Millipedes commonly have between 34 and 400 legs, but the previous record holder – a species called Illacme plenipes – sports over 600 legs on average, with one particularly leggy individual boasting 750. It must be feeling a bit inadequate now though, in the face of the new species which gets around on a frankly unnecessary 1,306 legs.
To reflect its achievement, the newcomer has been officially named Eumillipes persephone – the first part meaning “true thousand foot” in Latin. Persephone, meanwhile, was the Greek goddess of the underworld, and that’s in reference to where the creature was discovered.
The new millipede was found in drill holes up to 60 m (200 ft) underground, in the mining region of Eastern Goldfields Province in Western Australia. The team examined four specimens and found that their bodies have up to 330 segments, measuring up to 95.7 mm (3.8 in) long and just under 1 mm (0.04 in) wide. Their heads are cone-shaped, with no eyes, a beak and a pair of large antennae.
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They just counted one side and multiplied by 2..................
Creepy Crawlers!
Not just no, Hell NO!
Four legs is acceptable, no more.
So somebody actually took the time to count them?
Nike is in contract talks with LeBron James even as I type . . .
Eumillipes rockettesia would have been more understandable.
Oh, I see, it’s Australian. That explains it, probably
deadly too.
It will stomp you to death....................
“687..688.689.. No, we are not going to Chipotle tonight. Damn... 1..2..3”
He never invites me, for some reason.
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