[Levin]

16 hours ago


Scientists in Australia have discovered an elongated millipede with more legs than any other known animal.

The pale-coloured millipede has more than 1,300 legs in an elongated body about 95mm long.

The creature has been named Eumillipes Persephone, and was found almost 60 metres (200ft) underground in a mining region in Western Australia.

The previous record-holder was a California millipede species with 750 legs.

"Previously no known millipede actually had 1,000 legs despite the name millipede meaning 'thousand feet,'" Virginia Tech entomologist Paul Marek, lead author of the research published in the journal Scientific Reports, told the Reuters news agency.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59687427