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Friday, December 17, 2021

Millipede with over 1,000 legs discovered in Aussie mine

SYDNEY, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers discovered a new species of millipede with more legs than any other known animal. The new species was named Eumillipes persephone, in reference to the Greek goddess of the underworld, Persephone. It is the first "true" millipede, which has 1,306 legs and it breaks the previous record set by a California millipede species, Illacme plenipes, which has 750 l


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