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11-15-2012, 05:13 PM
Rediscovering The Most-Legged Animal On Earth
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Scientists in California re-discovered the leggiest animal on Earth several years ago living outside Silicon Valley.
Paul Marek and colleagues provided details of the millipede lllacme plenipes’ complex anatomy and its rarity in the journal ZooKeys (http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys).
The female lllacme plenipes (http://www.redorbit.com/topics/illacme-plenipes/) have up to 750 legs, compared to the males who only have a maximum of 562 legs.
The scientists said the proliferation of legs may be an adaption to its lifestyle spent burrowing underground or to enable it to cling to the sandstone boulders found near the species habitat.
Leggiest Animal On Earth Gets Rediscovered - Science News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112732084/illacme-plenipes-millipede-111412/)
http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2012/11/leggy-zoom-617x416.jpg
Scientists in California re-discovered the leggiest animal on Earth several years ago living outside Silicon Valley.
Paul Marek and colleagues provided details of the millipede lllacme plenipes’ complex anatomy and its rarity in the journal ZooKeys (http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys).
The female lllacme plenipes (http://www.redorbit.com/topics/illacme-plenipes/) have up to 750 legs, compared to the males who only have a maximum of 562 legs.
The scientists said the proliferation of legs may be an adaption to its lifestyle spent burrowing underground or to enable it to cling to the sandstone boulders found near the species habitat.
Leggiest Animal On Earth Gets Rediscovered - Science News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112732084/illacme-plenipes-millipede-111412/)