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on Nov 8, 2012 8:10 am
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Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Nov 8, 2012 1:21 pm - Voted 10/10

Beautiful

velvet worm, as this group of animals is called in English.

jasano2

jasano2 - Nov 9, 2012 7:38 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

I don't know but looks like some kind of exotic horned caterpillar to me!

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Nov 9, 2012 11:10 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

Yes, it may look like that, but it isnt. (You can check for this fascinating group of creatures in Wikipedia.)

lcarreau

lcarreau - Nov 9, 2012 10:01 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

Looks like an unwanted pest causing havoc on
my tomato plants ! !

-- this is Larry, causing trouble as always --- :- )

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Nov 10, 2012 12:05 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

They are meat eaters, living off insects, snails, centipedes, spiders etc.

Marcsoltan

Marcsoltan - Nov 10, 2012 2:52 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

Meat eaters? Really? Pretty amazing!

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Nov 13, 2012 9:58 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

They catch their prey with a sticky saliva that rapidly turns hard, then pucture it, and inject enzymes that digest the prey. They have large, complex brains that they apparently use to keep a complicated hierarchical order, and to wage war against strange individuals of the same species. Their sex lives are unbelievably weird!

Marcsoltan

Marcsoltan - Nov 13, 2012 11:43 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Beautiful

Wow, thanks for all the information Ejnar. Their sex lives get unbelievably weird? I thought I had seen it all!

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