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Jason Bittel
@bittelmethis.bsky.social
Wild animal & author of SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES (Nat Geo Books 2025). Words @NatGeo, @WashingtonPost, @NYTScience. Prev: @KSJatMIT, @NatGeoExplorers. He/him.
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This ancient millipede grew longer than a polar bear. It was discovered more than 100 years ago, but today, it finally gets a head. 🧪 My latest for @sciencenews.bsky.socialwww.sciencenews.org/article/larg...

The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head
The largest arthropod to ever live finally has a head

Fossils of an extinct giant millipede reveal new details about the arthropod’s anatomy.

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Tteal.gendercriminals.gay

A giant Ohmu from the movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The sky behind is blue with errant white clouds. It's running on sand. It's shell is muted green-gray, abut the whole scene is dominated by its numerous, radiant red eyes, spread in two belts of armor midway towards its tallest point on its curved body. A couple runner birds, one carrying a human rider, are just barely ahead of it, running for their lives, as the Ohmu is effectively an unstoppable force for anything at human scale - the ohmu itself towers like a large building.
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RSrandomperson.bsky.social

Mouth like a centipede...so it might've been a predator?!

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CSchristinasho.bsky.social

“But the caterpillar was still hungry…”

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Ttimotheoswa.bsky.social

Never once have i ever used a polar bear as a size comparison (because obviously it’s a terrible non definable term) but cheers to all who have this calculation in their head!!!!

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SEkithrup.bsky.social

When can we clone them?

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MMcalderwood.bsky.social

Okay but is there a reason they coloured it like the Very Hungry Caterpillar?

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Ffranzanth.bsky.social

hello yes @derekhennen.bsky.social rejoice

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Atranscinderella.com

A century is a long time to be behind. Glad it caught up!

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inchide.bsky.social

"This ancient millipede grew longer than a polar bear" Excuse me, WHAT?

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Jason Bittel
@bittelmethis.bsky.social
Wild animal & author of SORT OF FUNNY FIELD GUIDES (Nat Geo Books 2025). Words @NatGeo, @WashingtonPost, @NYTScience. Prev: @KSJatMIT, @NatGeoExplorers. He/him.
1.6k followers175 following349 posts