Do Millipedes Have Toe Nails?

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The twisted claw millopeds are called that because the males im en some of their anterior legs. They have these really with their twisted and kind of spatulate claws. We don't know what exactly they use them for. Maybe it's to hold on to the females during nating. Only the males have those twisted claws. If you let em walk on your hand, like if you see when those giant american millipedes put it on your hand as it's walking along int almost feels like little vell crow kind of moving along. And that's the little claws going into your skin. It's fun. Canno tickles.

How many legs? Why so many legs? What's a millipede versus a centipede? And again WHY SO MANY LEGS. We have just the guy for that: Diplopodologist Dr. Derek Hennen. As a person who’s spent over a decade sorting through leaf litter and naming scores of new species, Derek is truly a champion for the multi-limbed little critters. If you liked what Casey Clapp brought to Dendrology, get ready to appreciate millipedes like you never thought you would. Also: mythology gossip, world records, Taylor Swift fandom, and sniffing bugs.

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