From the Niagara Falls Review:
Jennifer Anderson doesn’t have a problem with the creepy crawlys at work. As long as they’re behind glass.
Right now, the black, 12-inch giant African millipede is definitely not behind glass. It’s in the hands of seven-year-old Grace DiDomenico as she poses for a photo.
“If she drops it… I will run out the back,” Anderson says with a nervous laugh.
As gruesome as it looks, the millipede is a model tenant at the Bird Kingdom (formerly Niagara Falls Aviary). It’s quiet, easy to care for and minds its own business. It’s certainly not the villain from that infamous urban legend, in which a millipede crawls into someone’s ear while he’s sleeping and starts eating his brain.
“No, no, no … not these guys,” says reptile and amphibian handler Susan Charlton.
“They’re friendly little guys. Very peaceful.”