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Emperor_Jonathan

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Strange Creature I found
« on: November 25, 2009, 11:03:51 pm »
So I was walking down at out local (saltwater) lake today, and came across these strange... Marine creatures. I was able to capture them and well, they look nothing like I've ever seen before.




Sorry for the crappy picture.

It's difficult to tell but they're blue, but at night they look kinda green, and about 3-5cm long. When you poke them they curl up into a ball and back, their undersides are white. On each of their right sides they have this clear curly appendage of some sort, sticking out of them.

Does anybody have a clue what they are? I'd like to know for curiosities case, I'm contemplating emailing pictures of them to the head of Biological Sciences at the local uni, just so I know what they are.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2009, 11:06:04 pm by Emperor_Jonathan »
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 11:05:43 pm »
Looks like a horrific crossbreed of an anenome and a fish.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 11:11:45 pm »
Yeah, that picture is really really bad.  Can you tell if they're insects or fish or what?

Also maybe take another picture without holding the camera too close for the autofocus.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2009, 11:14:08 pm by Footkerchief »
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 11:15:31 pm »
I think they're amphibious, definitely not insect probably not fish. Since they're floating on the water, not in it.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 11:39:21 pm »
Your Australian right?

I'm surprised you haven't been poisoned yet.

From what I can see they look cool though.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2009, 11:43:33 pm »
Are there any visible gills? Can it walk?
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2009, 11:43:45 pm »
I have seen pics of it before. I think it's some sort of worm
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2009, 11:45:27 pm »
Quote from: Phantom on November 25, 2009, 11:43:33 pm
Are there any visible gills? Can it walk?

No, and I don't think they can. They certainly haven't tried.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2009, 11:46:11 pm »
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Any eyes?
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2009, 11:48:03 pm »
Yes.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2009, 11:49:03 pm »
All I can think is it is some kind of Mutated Newt. Were there any serious Nuclear Reactor melt downs?
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2009, 11:51:00 pm »
Nope, we have 1 Nuclear Reactor in Australia, I think, but that's about 3-4 hours drive north.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2009, 11:51:32 pm »
It's a nudibranch.
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2009, 11:56:12 pm »
Right



(ok, so it wasnt a worm. But I did vaguely recall that it was something squishy and disgusting)
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Re: Strange Creature I found
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2009, 11:59:08 pm »
Wow, why did I not know about these things.  They're kind of beautiful.
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