Close-up footage shows a giant African millipede crawl across a log with its hundreds of legs.<br /><br />Wildlife photographer and filmer of this video Ian Redmond told Newsflare: "There is something quite mesmerising about the movement of millipede legs - like a mini Mexican wave in a stadium, it is known as a metachronal rhythm, and has a strange flowing beauty.<br /><br />"Millipedes are detritivores, feeding on decaying plant matter; they play an important role in the ecological processes that keep forests healthy, their droppings providing nutrients for growing trees. <br /><br />"When attacked they coil up and wait - and if further provoked, they exude a noxious fluid that effectively deters many predators.<br /><br />"Even ants leave them alone - as indicated by the ant in the video rushing in the opposite direction."<br /><br />This footage was filmed in Virunga National Park, Congo in 2010
