ne day in April I was walking across a dirt road in the Baviaanskloof in the Eastern Cape. My eye caught sight of something moving on the ground and after squatting next to it I discovered that it was a millipede. Now you are probably thinking, Dude, seriously. A millipede? This wasn't just any millipede, it was red and black, and the black parts were not rings around it's body. It had three black, horizontal stripes. One on its back, and one on each side.
Now, I am only used to seeing black millipedes. The ones you get in your house, the ones some dogs love to eat, the ones that make your fingers smell like acid pee. So, I obviously had to take a snap. I squatted a little lower, shoved the camera right in the millipedes face, said Smile! and snapped. To my surprise the photo came out with a nice blurred effect in the fore- and background. To make it look even better I HDR'd it, and this is what the little thing looked like.
I got a little curious as to what type of millipede it was and did some Googling. I couldn't find one single photo of a millipede that looked like the one a snapped. Most of them look like this...
A few look like this...
The one above looks a lot like the one I snapped except for the black ring around its neck, which mine didn't have. I shall therefor name mine: The-red-and-black-horizontally-striped-without-the-black-ring-around-its-neck Millipede. If anyone can send me a photo of and some info about a millipede that looks like mine, please do so. Until then, it shall be known as The-red-and-black-horizontally-striped-without-the-black-ring-around-its-neck Millipede, or as The Millipede With The Long-Ass Name.
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