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Giant African Millipede

from Ensonglopedia of Animals by John Hinton

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Leggy leggy leggy
Leggy leggy leggy

Four hundred million years ago,
Animals first gave land a go.
They needed legs,
They needed feet.

One of the first to come ashore
Went a little overboard.
It was a type
Of millipede.

Now, ‘pede’ means ‘legs’ and ‘milli’
Means one thousand, but really
This is quite a lot
More legs than they have got.

The record’s seven fifty,
And this one has two fifty,
But despite that figure,
This one’s bigger.

And last year at Drusillas,
I met one of these fellas,
And he just ran
All over my hand.

I was tickled by his tiny toes
And his back felt like a shower hose,
And then he crawled
Into a ball.

And it was quite amazing
Being so near that strange thing,
And if I can
I’ll do it again.

But next best thing, I s’pose,
To holding one of those
Is spending all day long-a
Doing the conga.

But now we really have to end
This ode to the giant African
Millipede.
That’s it – you’re freed!

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from Ensonglopedia of Animals, released October 15, 2018

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