A 1,306-legged millipede is the first to live up to its name

Millipedes are no longer a lie

a long, skinny millipede curled around a few times

Scientists have discovered a millipede with 1,306 legs (shown) that lives 60 meters underground in Western Australia. The specimen, a female member of a new species named Eumillipes persephone, is 95 millimeters long and has the most legs of any known creature.

P.E. Marek et al/Scientific Reports 2021

Millipedes, as we’ve known them, have been a lie.