Under a microscope, the millipede with its 486 legs and helmet-like head resembles a creature in a Hollywood monster film. The creature burrows four inches below ground, secretes unusual chemicals and is blind, relying on hornlike antennas protruding from its head to find its way. The tiny arthropod was found just underground by naturalists at a Southern California hiking area - near a freeway, a Starbucks and an Oakley sunglasses store.Ībout the length of a paperclip but skinny as pencil lead, it’s translucent and sinuous like a jellyfish tentacle. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede.
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