P.K. Sarkar, S. N. Mude, Madhuri Ukey Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences ISSN 2220-8860 2011 1(2) 145-150 08/2011 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences unusual death millipedes India The cliff section at Varkala, Kerala consisting of clay, lignite band, clay, sandy-clay, sandstone of Mio-Pliocene age. This sedimentary sequence is overlain by a thick laterite. Above the lower lignite band, in the exposed clay beds several struggling and dead millipedes can be observed. Their death is probably due to the action of dehydration related to the sulphuric water infiltration in the sediments. However, it still remains a mystery why these millipedes choose such a toxic environment to create their habitat? DOI 10.0000/issn-2220-8860-piaees-2011-v1-0013 http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/piaees/articles/2011-1(2)/Unusual-death-millipedes.pdf