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The world's leggiest animal has been rediscovered in California, the extremely rare millipede Illacme plenipes. It's often assumed that a centipede has 100 legs and a millipede has 1,000. But in fact centipedes can have hundreds of tiny pins and there is no known millipede with as many as 1,000 legs. One species of …

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  1. Alan Bourke

    Kill it.

    KILL IT WITH FIRE.

    Only joking. But keep it locked up.

    1. Anonymous Custard
      Joke

      Re: Kill it.

      Or just run away whilst it's getting its boots on?

  2. John Robson Silver badge

    How many pairs of shoes does a girl need?

    Well, lots...

  3. Mr_Pitiful
    WTF?

    I think we have a millipede living in our house!

    There must be, I can see at least 200 pairs off shoes by the front door

    Only 4 off them belong to me

    That leaves 196 pairs belonging to 1 other adult and 2 children

    Someone in our house has an obsession with shoes?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: I think we have a millipede living in our house!

      And to think, you asked for one measly PC and got denied!

      1. Mr_Pitiful

        Re: I think we have a millipede living in our house!

        Naaaa, can buy anything I want!

  4. Code Monkey
    Windows

    "in highest fulfilment of feet"

    I love you, science!

  5. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
    Coat

    What goes 99, bump. 99, bump. 99, bump.

    A centipede with a wooden leg.

    1. Mr_Pitiful
      Thumb Up

      Quick ring a scientist

      You have a centipede that can count out loud!

  6. frank ly

    I was waiting for it to tie itself in a knot.

    I wonder if they ever do that.

    1. Esskay
      Coat

      Re: I was waiting for it to tie itself in a knot.

      only when they get completely legless.

  7. John Gamble

    Raising Millipedes

    "...body hairs that produce silk..."

    Okay, the promised spider silk production hasn't happened yet, maybe we can raise these for their silk production.

    I'm expecting a call from a venture capitalist now.

  8. James Hughes 1

    just me?

    Or was that video just a little bit rubbish. Two seconds at the end where you could just about see the whole creature. The rest just zoomed in on a tiny bit of it, with no idea of scale or the length of the damn thing.

  9. thefutureboy

    Leggy, leggy, leggy, leggy

    Leggy, leggy, leggy, leggy

    Leggy, leggy, leggy, leggy

    Leggy, leggy, leggy, leggy

    Blondie, blondie, blondie, blondie

    Blondie, blondie, blondie, blondie

    Blondie, blondie, blondie, blondie

    Blondie, blondie

    Leggy blonde, goodbye, goodbye

  10. proto-robbie
    Pirate

    Shouldn't

    This be in "bootnotes"?

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Nearly Knot a Millipede

    It was that close to a figure-of-eight not.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Facepalm

      Not not: knot

  12. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Not SF

    San Francisco is a densely populated city with foggy weather, urban culture, and an undesirable level excessive nudity. San Benito County is a vast sparsely populated area of sandy hills and small towns.

    1. diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

      Re: Not SF

      Close enough.

      C.

  13. Dave Lister
    Holmes

    Without going into trainspotter details - Centipedes have one pair of legs per body segment, Millipedes have 2 pairs per segment, and according to QI none have 100 or 1000 legs.

  14. Martin Huizing
    Trollface

    Female species has more feet...

    Just like most girls I know...

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Tee Hee

    "The appendages aren't just for kicks though".

    Very funny. Have an internet.

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