2006-08-16 10:26:04 · 23 answers · asked by Smallz 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
The answer is in the question...
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2006-08-16 10:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Millipedes do have a lot of legs, but they never reach a thousand as the name might suggest. Some species may have up to a 130 pairs and that means they have no less than 260 legs! Having so many legs means that you have to walk carefully in order not to trip over your own feet. The reason millipedes are slow walkers is that each body segment has two pairs of legs that do not move simultaneously. Just try to imagine how it works and you'll know why it's impossible to run quickly in that way.
2006-08-16 10:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The greatest number of legs yet found on a millipede is about 600. They DO NOT have a thousand legs.
2006-08-16 10:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talking of millipedes have you heard the one about the guy who goes into the pet shop and asks the owner if he has any unusual pets? Well the shop owner said why not have a millipede, they make lovely pets. So the guy buys one and takes it home in a matchbox and decides to call it "HARRY". He puts it on top of the television then sits down to relax.
5 mins after he says "Hey Harry, do you fancy going out for a walk?" No response from the millipede, so he repeats his question, "Hey Harry, do you fancy going out for a walk?" He waits a couple of minutes and then gets up goes over to the television and shouts "HEY, HARRY I JUST ASKED YOU TWICE, DO YOU FANCY GOING OUT FOR A WALK?" Next minute the matchbox opens and Harry sticks his head out and says "I heard you the first time I was just putting my shoes on".
HA HA :-) HA HA :-) HA HA :-)
2006-08-16 10:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by Milly (UK) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On 'BIO' (By Invitation Only) the other day, they had a millipede, and he had 750 legs, so 375 pairs of legs.... ewww
2006-08-16 10:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by puddleduck82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Milli" (Lat.) means thousand, and "pede" comes from "ped", meaning foot.
There are no millipedes with a thousand feet, however, though some kinds come close, with over 700. Commonly, they have 100-200 or so.
2006-08-16 10:37:50 · answer #6 · answered by now thats what I call an answer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a thousand legs... I suppose a millenium is 1000 years and that is where the name comes from.
2006-08-16 10:33:15 · answer #7 · answered by Zoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on the size of the critter it depends the most ever counted sets of legs is 172 so if even if you counted sepralt there would still only be 344
2006-08-16 10:34:26 · answer #8 · answered by warmup001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 billion
2006-08-16 10:37:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 million get it a millipeed
2006-08-16 10:35:16 · answer #10 · answered by candy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have on average 130 pairs it was on tv not so long ago over here. its myth that they have a thousand
2006-08-16 22:29:12 · answer #11 · answered by ward1703 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋