Found this rainforest recycler - Malaysian Giant Black Millipede walking / crawling on one of my Sunday hiking trail in Kemensah, Ampang - about 30 minutes away from the Kuala Lumpur City Center, Malaysia.

Some facts about MILLIPEDES
Millipedes and their cousins centipedes are not insects, but to a group of arthropods called the Myriapods, many legged creatures.

Millipedes use their many legs to move forward, backward, or side-to-side. The pairs of legs move in sync, like paired oars in a boat, which earned them an older name: “galley worms.” From front to back, each pair of legs moves just a little after the pair in front, creating a wave-like movement of the legs. Several such stadium-like waves moving at the same time produce a smooth glide that slowly gets the millipede where it needs to go.

Millipedes are important in breaking down leaf litter on forest floors, taking the leftover nutrition they can from the leaves. In places lacking earthworms, millipedes can be the most important recyclers of leaves.

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