the Discovery has puzzled scientists
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the Mysterious centipede, with 414 feet, two hundred stings and other unusual features, discovered the American specialists from the Polytechnic University of Virginia in one of the caves of the national Park “Sequoia”, located in the United States. The new species was named Illacme tobini.
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in Addition to the many legs and poisonous glands, the origin of which remains a mystery for scientists, discovered an animal has four penises, presumably also evolved from legs and special hairs, which the animal can create silk. On the oral cavity millipedes discovered unusual growths, and their purpose specialists as yet unknown.
it is Worth noting that the animal is not a “record” number of legs — for example, females of the millipede Illacme plenipes has 750. However, 414 of the feet represent a perfectly respectable result, considering that the vast majority of centipedes their number varies from 30 to 382. Experts suggest that llacme tobini and Illacme plenipes are biologically very close to each other and to note that many of these puzzling characteristics meet one or other of those centipedes.
by the Way, despite the fact that centipedes are often informally called centipedes, not a single animal, which would really be 20 pairs of feet today in the world is not found.
the Scientific work on this new kind, published in the journal ZooKeys. Experts report that in the U.S. the cave, along with the centipede, they had discovered other previously unknown species, including spiders, logroscino and flies. Today, scientists continue to explore the cave in hopes to make more discoveries. The researchers also hope their work helps to avoid such phenomenon, as “anonymous extinction” — the extinction of a species before people found out about its existence, role in the ecosystem, the potential benefits to humanity or beauty.
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