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Ancient History and Nature: Our earth is full of incredible mysteries. Once upon a time there used to be giant animals like dinosaurs here. But now after years of research, scientists have solved the mystery of the largest insect on earth. Scientists have been researching this giant looking insect, 10.5 feet long and 88 legs, for many years. At last he got success. You might not believe it, but this insect is the size of a car.
These creatures, which we call earwigs, are actually called arthropods. But the ear palms coming out of our house may look dangerous, but they are small in size. Now imagine an ancient giant insect – 2.6 meters long. That is, as tall as an adult grizzly bear or a grizzly bear. Or the size of the car. But that's not all, there's much more. This insect is also said to have 64 legs.
According to science, this ancient creature is Arthropleura. Which was the largest arthropod that lived on Earth. In fact, recently published research in Science Advances has analyzed 300 million year old fossils.
The research describes the characteristics of this ancient insect, which is a hybrid of a millipede and a centipede. Actually, as we know, the body of creatures like centipedes is divided into many parts. Different parts, which can be seen separately from outside. It is also said that centipedes have two pairs of legs per segment, while centipedes have one pair of legs per segment.
It is also said that centipedes usually eat insects by killing them with their poison. Whereas centipedes thrive on rotting trees and plants.
What kind of insect is this?
After looking at this ancient fossil, the team guessed that each of its segments also had two legs. His head was somewhat like that of a centipede. However, researchers also say that Arthropleura does not have any venom-spewing or prey-catching parts. This is what makes them different.
On the basis of which it is being estimated that they too can be vegetarian like centipedes. It is said that this discovery will help in understanding the relationship between millipedes and centipedes. And also understand how organisms evolved?