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(Photo : Photo by Karynne Grabovski from Pixabay) What started as a little pest investigation turned into a surprising (and somewhat scary) discovery of an entirely new species of amphibious centipede in Okinawa, Japan. This specie was aptly named after a local dragon god. Researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan University received a little-known piece of news about strangely large, amphibious centipedes attacking freshwater prawns in local streams. Curious, they set out in the hopes of bringing back some form of samples to confirm its identity. When they finally encountered the insectoid predators, they measured roughly around eight inches in length and DNA analysis confirmed that it was a completely new species. This marks the first discovery of a new Japanese centipede in over 143 years. This is also the third species of a new type of large, amphibious centipedes recently confirmed to exist in the world, with the first being found in Southeast Asia. 

Tokyo metropolitan universityRyukyu archipelagoDragon godடோக்கியோ பெருநகர பல்கலைக்கழகம்ரியூகியு தீவுக்கூட்டம்