Photo of the Day #171: Millipede

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Millipede


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A millipede (Apheloria), photographed in New York.

Oh! I love millipedes! I used to have 2 Giant African Milllipedes...they were so neat...except for when we let them crawl around and forgot to put them back in their tank. That was creepy...