The Number of The Beast, it seems, refers to the number of LEGS.
But not to fear, this Beast is barely over a inch in length (1.3 to be exact).
Who is this? Her name is Illacme plenipes and she and her 666 legs were discovered in San Benito County, California. I. plenipes was discovered in 1926, but hasn't been seen alive for twenty seven years!
She is a millipede, and I gotta say, I think that is a little false advertising. I mean, 666 is just a little more than half of the expected 1,000 feet. If the world was a sideshow, they'd be run out of town...
Speaking of sideshow, Fox News had the best comment on this story, and they were obviously hard pressed for commentators. Here is the exact quote from their report:
"This is a milestone find ,"said Richard Hoffman, a millipede expert at the Virginia Museum of Natural History who had no connection with the discovery.
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