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A millipede with 1,300 legs has been found in Australia. It's a new record by far

Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750.
The leggiest animal on the planet, <em>Eumillipes persephone</em>, from Australia. (<strong>A</strong>) female with 330 segments and 1,306 legs (paratype specimen, T147124). (<strong>B</strong>) ventral view of legs (male holotype, T147101). (<strong>C</strong>) dorsal view of head and ventral view of gonopods (male holotype, T147101). Scale bars, 0.5 mm.

The word "millipede" literally means "thousand feet." But until now, the moniker for the creepy invertebrates has been a bit of an exaggeration, with none of them sporting anything close to that many feet — or legs.

However, a new millipede discovered by Bruno Buzatto, a principal biologist at Bennelongia

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