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Meet the Giant Millipede That Once Crawled the Earth

Abby Parks By Abby Parks
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Imagine 8-foot-long millipedes scooting across the ground in search of rotting plants. While that thought may make your skin crawl, the creatures you have conjured did exist. That is the arthropleura, a giant millipede that lived 345-290 million years ago during the late Carboniferous period. It was one of the largest terrestrial species of its time, predating even the dinosaurs. Watch this video to discover some fascinating facts about the arthropleura and other prehistoric creatures that roamed Earth long before dinosaurs did.

Abby Parks

About the Author

Abby Parks

Abby Parks has authored a fiction novel, theatrical plays, short stories, poems, and song lyrics. She's recorded two albums of her original songs, and is a multi-instrumentalist. She has managed a website for folk music and written articles on singer-songwriters, folk bands, and other things music-oriented. She's also a radio DJ for a folk music show. As well as having been a pet parent to rabbits, birds, dogs, and cats, Abby loves seeking sightings of animals in the wild and has witnessed some more exotic ones such as Puffins in the Farne Islands, Southern Pudu on the island of Chiloe (Chile), Penguins in the wild, and countless wild animals in the Rocky Mountains (Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Moose, Elk, Marmots, Beavers).
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