The strange creature has 33 pairs of legs that live at 1.100m below the ground

Preliminary research, experts found that this creature has a hobby of spending all its life in the dark in a humid environment.

Detecting strange creatures with 33 pairs of legs

The team of American scientists has recently discovered a strange creature that lies 1,100 meters deep below the surface of the Earth, in a deep wet cave in the mountain of Velebit in northern Croatia.

Experts have named this centipede the Geophilus hadesi - the name of a god in Greek mythology. Unlike the Geophilomorpha centipede that only prefers to find shelter in caves, the centipede G. hadesi spends all its life in the dark in a humid environment.

Further research, experts found that G. hadesi possessed a long, flattened body with 33 pairs of legs stretching throughout the body. There are several pairs of G. hadesi legs that also have "unusually long" claws .

However, like other creatures with sharp claws like "Snowman " crabs in the waters off Antarctica, this trait will help Hadesi centipedes to move firmly in rough terrain.

Leading the research, Pavel Stoev - professor of zoology at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia, Bulgaria said: "Like most other centipedes, G. hadesi eats live animals - the larvae small like insects, worms, spiders and some other small prey Although many people think that the bite of the centipede is poisonous, in this "hell", strange G. hadesi creature is completely harmless to humans. ".

Pavel Stoev added: "We were very surprised when we discovered this particular centipede. They can be the result of a long-term evolution that happened millions of years ago. We still continue continue to study and hope that many strange creatures can be discovered in this area ".

Research is published in ZooKeys Magazine.