WATCH: ‘The name millipede was always biologically inaccurate because no millipede had actually a thousand legs as the name suggests and now we just made the name accurate’: Scientists discover the first ever millipede with over 1,000 legs in Australia
Dec 16 - Deep underground in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia, scientists have discovered a "marvel of evolution," a remarkably elongated blind millipede possessing the most legs - 1,306, to be precise - of any known animal.
The creature is called Eumillipes persephone. The handful of individuals discovered lived up to almost 200 feet underground. Females had more legs than males. Until now, the leggiest animal known was a California millipede species called Illacme plenipes, with 750 legs."We believe that the large number of legs provides an advantage in terms of traction/force to push their bodies forward through small gaps and fractures in the soil where they live," Buzatto said.
The number of legs is not uniform within millipede species because they molt - shedding their tough outer layer - grow and add four-legged segments throughout their life.
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