Ackey Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 About 3 months ago in Malaysia I came across something which scared the bejesus out of me. I've finally managed to get the video online and so I ask of you all... what the HELL IS THIS!? It was in the Cameron Highlands, which is the middle of a rain forest and it left no trail, as you would expect of a slug or worm. Link : Click http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenackroyd/2887133986/HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 the reincarnation of chris m**re? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help_shiny Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 dunno but it's an interesting little critter! If you trawl about the internet for a bit you should be able to get a few boffin email addresses, zoo's etc. Someone somewhere will tell you - or maybe you discovered it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 looks a bit like a part of a t-1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 If I were you Ackey, my instinct would tell me not to get too close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiLatic Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 The great minds of our science dept. have been working overtime on this, Ackey, and I've had the following response : I think this may be a land planarian. I don’t know much about them, but the horned shape of the head is very distinctive. There are lots of different ones, and they’re of interest to biologists because they have amazing powers of regeneration. In temperate climates they tend to be small (3mm) and aquatic, but tropical ones can grow up to 50cm apparently. This is a particularly nice one!! Hope that answers your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 So they're kind of like the Time Lords of the creepy crawly world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 The great minds of our science dept. have been working overtime on this, Ackey, and I've had the following response : I think this may be a land planarian. I don’t know much about them, but the horned shape of the head is very distinctive. There are lots of different ones, and they’re of interest to biologists because they have amazing powers of regeneration. In temperate climates they tend to be small (3mm) and aquatic, but tropical ones can grow up to 50cm apparently. This is a particularly nice one!! Hope that answers your question. Here's another one. http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/v...;sigh=114hne923 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 If I were you Ackey, my instinct would tell me not to get too close. Sod that, you should have got in there a poked it a bit, Acks. And filmed it, of course, just in case it took your arm off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 For those of you who actually wanted to know, and to prove that Thai's contacts are correct this is what the Uni of Manchesters head of Zoology had to say on the matter: Thanks for your enquiry about your odd organism from Malaysia! I've sent the link round colleagues and students, and the consensus is that it's a flat worm, sometimes called a land planarian. It's part of the Platyhelminthes group, which includes tapeworms and flukes. Here's a picture of one taken by one of our students, Andrew Johnson, in Borneo: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r249/AJ...orm_niah001.jpg And here's one from the USA, on the Tree of Life website: http://www.tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/a...1E9B5DDBEBAC931 DB14A6375426?page=ViewImageData&service=external&sp=533 Hope this enlightens you - it really was a striking video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help_shiny Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 For those of you who actually wanted to know, and to prove that Thai's contacts are correct this is what the Uni of Manchesters head of Zoology had to say on the matter: I'm not sure why exactly but I did want to know so thanks for the update! Can you keep them as pets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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