The leggiest animal on Earth lives in the outskirts of Silicon Valley

With 750 legs, the millipede Illacme plenipes is the leggiest animal on Earth. Once believed extinct, scientists rediscovered the species in 2005—more than 80 years after it was first described. This exceedingly rare millipede is known from a single 4.5 km2 area in California, and based on new details recently published in the open access journal ZooKeys, the millipede has a beautifully intricate anatomy including the ability to spin silk from long hairs covering its back.

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