Tim Laman / Young boy aged 9 (model released) holding Giant millipede, tropical rainforest, Borneo, July 2007

Tim Laman / Close up of young boy aged 9 (model released) watching a Giant Pill millipede (Sphaerotherium) Borneo, July 2007

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede close up showing body segments and legs, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Piotr Naskrecki / Drops of repellant on the body of Millipede, Solomon Islands

Pete Oxford / Giant millipede {Sphaerotherium sp} Madagascar

Kim Taylor / Giant millipede coiled for defense {Diplopoda} East Africa

Kim Taylor / Giant millipede {unidentified} Namibia.

John Waters / John Downer Prod / Black lemur uses millipede secretions to ward off mosquitos and as a happy drug (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) orphan Larry cautiously investigating millipede, Ape Action Africa, Mefou Primate Sanctuary, Cameroon