Wednesday, 22 October 2014

A Velvet Worm Named for Totoro

A Velvet Worm Named for Totoro


Velvet worms are adorable caterpillar-y looking things, silently plodding along on stumpy legs in tropical forests around the world. A recently discovered species was so cute, it got a name straight out of Studio Ghibli: Eoperipatus totoros. The species name is an homage to the CatBus in the film My Neighbor Totoro...

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