weird Creature (Photo)

I just found this on the Pravda website









What could it be? It looks like a love child of a horseshoe crab and a face hugger from Alien.





[edit on 11/6/09 by Lebowski achiever]

it looks like an upside down horseshoe crab.

reply to post by network dude

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The tail is different. Have you seen both pictures?
Here is a picture of a Horseshoe crab. The tail is straight

(how do I embed pics from teh portal so they show? I cannot quite recall)

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this picture has been up before, and i think most agreed that it was a big triops, il see if i can dig up the old tread

tread

edit: changed tripod to triops and linky

[edit on 11-6-2009 by Kalomar]

[edit on 11-6-2009 by Kalomar]

It's a tadpole shrimp!

Crustacea Notostraca

(Triops cancriformis)





[edit on 6/11/2009 by ravenshadow13]

reply to post by ravenshadow13

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It certainly looks like it but how big is it? The one in my pic seems bigger and less translucent.

Sure looks the same as this creature......... here's an upside-down view:

Triops Australiensis

As an aside, I think it's kinda cool that "alien" is in part of its name


I hadn't seen this before, thanks much OP; always good to learn new things.

reply to post by argentus

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That one is in a petrie dish so much smaller. Do they get this big?

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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They can grow up to about two inches. I'm positive that is what is in the picture. They get more opaque with age.

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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I have no idea; I'm learning right along with you

Here's one a bit larger.


I'll look for more. There HAS to be a mongo mutha out there somewhere.....

to be continued

reply to post by argentus

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That's definitely it! Thanks!

Okay, here's a write-up on the story that goes with your picture. In fact, it even has the same photo in it.

Cheers............ still looking for a giant one

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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They're the same organism, haha. "Triops" or "tadpole shrimp"

reply to post by argentus

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They don't grow much past two inches, maybe three. I've heard them get up to 5 inches. They only live for a relatively short time. All of the larger similar species are extinct.


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reply to post by ravenshadow13

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It didn't quite look the same. Argentus gets the props for the pic that truly resembled mine.

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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images.google.com...


And in article with the pictures it says it. Nostraca.

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reply to post by ravenshadow13

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I believe you! Promise ... Argentus nailed the pic though.

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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At the bottom of that article are some board postings, and a couple of the posters say things that indicate that they believe the triops in question is much smaller than the photo indicates.

reply to post by ravenshadow13

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Well, you continue to impress me with your well-rounded knowledge ravenshadow. It was fun for this old phart to learn something new.


Later all!

reply to post by Lebowski achiever

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Hi There
I think this is the same speices www.youtube.com...

That was thrown up by a tsunami or something wasn't it? Some creature not yet discovered i think..