Scientists from the ZSI and Malabar Christian College have discovered and described three new centipede species in the genus Rhysida.

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#TIL Centipedes are born with an odd number of leg pairs, so they can never have exactly 100 legs, no matter the name.

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I came across a beautiful #giant_redheaded_centipede that was at least 8" long in my back yard. Biggest I've ever seen out here.

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