450-Legged Millipede a New Record
Scientists from the University of Arizona have released a video of the leggiest animal on Earth, the millipede Illacme plenipes, which has has 750 legs.
Illacme plenipes, meaning literally ‘the pinnacle of plentiful feet,’ lives only on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.
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Uh, the millipede has 750 legs, not 450.
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Wake me when you find one that actually has a million legs.