New Delhi: The explorers discover some such things every day, which amaze the world. In such a situation, now such a creature has been found, which has 1306 feet (Animals With Most Legs). This creature lives deep inside the ground. This creature is the world’s first millipedes. Till now the creature with maximum 750 legs was discovered, but now it is the creature that comes with the most legs. So let’s know about this creature…
Till now got 750 legged creature
Entomologist Paul Marek of Virginia Tech University told that, there has always been an irony with the word millipede, because the name used to define an organism with thousands of legs, but till date no such organism has been found that has thousands of legs, but Now the creature that defines this name has been found. He tells that till date 100-footed millipedes have been found, which are called centipedes. At the same time, today the 750-foot millipede was found, which was known as Illacme Plenipes. It is also an animal living in the depths of the ground.
anatomy of a thousand-legged creature
In such a situation, the new species of millipedes that has now been found is named Eumilipes Persephone. Let us tell you that it is named after Persephone, the daughter of the Greek god Zeus. Paul says that Eumileps Persephone has become the largest animal in the world. It has a maximum of 1306 feet. It is pale yellow in color and has no eyes. It looks like a long thread and is over 100 times the width of its body. At the same time, this creature has many antennae on its head like an ice cream cone, which help it to move in the dark. This creature with the most legs eats fungus.
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estimation of age by feet
According to Paul, it was very difficult to count the feet of this creature, because this creature wraps itself around like a circling. At the same time, he tells that, the age of this creature can also be estimated from more feet. These creatures live longer, because millipedes develop slowly. Paul Marek explains that looking at the three rings of such millipedes and their mutual physical association, it is estimated that how these species are different from each other. Paul and his team examined two males and two females of Eumileps persephone. They all had different lengths and ages. The smallest one had 198 rings and 778 legs in its body. Whereas, the longest one had 330 rings and 1306 feet.
Hide in the depths of the ground
Paul explains that, although millipedes live for 2 years, but looking at the rings present in the body of Eumileps Persephone, it seems that it can live 5 to 10 years. These creatures live 200 feet below the surface. Where they live, the layer of iron ores and volcanic stones starts there. This creature was first seen in the Goldfields of Western Australia. According to Paul Marek, only a millipede with 1306 feet has been found. More search is going on now, maybe even more unique creatures can be seen. At the same time, the specialty of Umilips Persephone is that it helps in maintaining the fertility of the soil.