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Scientists

The world's "leggiest" millipede has been rediscovered 80 years after its first and only sighting. Scientists, writing in the journal Nature, highlight the need to protect its fragile habitat.

Illacme plenipes (up to 750 legs) is only thought to exist in a 0.8sq km (0.3sq mile) area of the biodiversity hotspot California Floristic Province. The team has called for urgent protection of the rare creature's fragile habitat.

So what did the scientists do? They caught some, killed them and looked at them under an electron microscope, thus ensuring the are photos of the even more endangered critter.