When about 300 hungry babies are crawling about, you can understand why their mother might want to flee the nest.
Otago Museum introduced their latest arrivals yesterday — a clutch of baby giant African millipedes — and while they were fairly certain who the father was, living environments co-ordinator Tony Stumbo said it was not yet known who the mother is.
"That’s because we have six female adults and only one male," Mr Stumbo said.
