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Leggiest Animal: Champ millipede located after 79-year gap

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

A millipede species with up to 750 legs, the most recorded on any animal, has turned up in its tiny native range in California after decades with no sightings, biologists say.

LITTLE PACKAGES. A rare California millipede, Illacme plenipes (top), may be the world’s leggiest species, but it moves slowly and grows barely as long as an entomologist’s thumb.