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Lake Co. Residents Report Loud 'Boom,' 'Explosion' Friday

Updated Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 12:56 pm CT

 

The United States Geological Survey said they did not record any earthquakes in the Lake County area.

 

https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/lake-co-residents-report-loud-boom-explosion-friday

Anonymous ID: 9828ef Dec. 21, 2021, 11 a.m. No.15232132   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2146 >>2265

New record-breaking millipede species that lives up to its name, discovered in Western Australia: It has 1,306 legs

Updated: Dec. 20, 2021, 7:10 a.m.

 

While the word “millipede” literally means “thousand feet,” that tag has, up until now, been a misnomer, since none of the invertebrates had ever been discovered with more than 750 feet, or legs. However, a biologist in Western Australia has discovered a new species that truly lives up to its name, a study reveals.

 

According to NPR, the new millipede was discovered by Bruno Buzatto, a principal biologist at Bennelongia Environmental Consultants in Perth, Australia.

 

Upon counting, researchers found that one specimen of the newly discovered “Eumillipes persephone” has a total of 1,306 legs, easily surpassing the previous record-holder — a millipede with 750 legs, which was first described in 1928, but long thought to be extinct. However, Virginia Tech entomologist Paul Marek, the lead author of the latest paper, did find the species alive in California, NPR noted.

 

Reuters reported that the discovery was made in an exploratory drill hole in a mining region of Australia and that the handful of specimens discovered “lived up to almost 200 feet (60 meters) underground.” Females had more legs than males.

 

The new species was described by scientists as being a “threadlike pale-colored millipede that reaches about 3-1/2 inches (95 mm) long and about four-hundredths of an inch (0.95 mm) wide, with a conical head, beak-shaped mouth, and large antennae — likely one of its only sources of sensory input because it lacks eyes, Reuters cited.

 

The newly discovered creature’s scientific name means “true thousand feet” and references Persephone, the queen of the underworld in ancient Greek mythology, Reuters noted.

 

Dr. Juanita Rodriguez, a research collaborator and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation insect expert, said the new species had likely evolved its length “for ease of movement underground,” The Guardian reported.

 

“The more length you have, the more strength to propel forward,” Rodriguez said.

 

In an effort to try to collect more of the millipedes, New Science reported that Buzatto and his colleagues have returned to the same drill holes in the Goldfields, but so far have only found one. “It seems they’re pretty special and rare,” he said.

 

Research into the new millipede was published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports.

 

https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/12/new-record-breaking-millipede-species-that-lives-up-to-its-name-discovered-in-western-australia-it-has-1306-legs.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02447-0?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_PID100103766&utm_content=deeplink

https://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/early/2021/11/19/jgs2021-115