Posted by: Rebecca Whitham, Communications
Although their name literally means "thousand-legged," most millipedes have no more than 300 legs.
Millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment, and a mature millipede averages about 40-60 segments.
Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo.
Although their name literally means "thousand-legged," most millipedes have no more than 300 legs.
Millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment, and a mature millipede averages about 40-60 segments.
Photo by Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo.
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