The first ever true millipede with over 1,000 legs has been discovered in western Australia. According to a peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports.
. “As soon as I realized how long they were … I realized they had to be something completely different.”
“The more length you have, the more strength to propel forward,” Juanita Rodriguez, a research collaborator and CSIRO insect expert, told the Guardian.
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