Today's Installment of WHAT IS IT?
Below are pictures of a nasty-looking creature that was discovered in a trench in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The photos are from Pravda, but no other information was given. I thought at first it could be a young horseshoe crab, but turns out it isn't. Any suggestions?
(I apologize for posting this right next to the ice cream!)
(I apologize for posting this right next to the ice cream!)
posted by Kirsten Miller at 12:12 PM
13 Comments:
You were pretty close, I think it's a horseshoe shrimp. Although, they're crustaceans instead of chelicerata, so really not that closely related.
Wow, you take the prize once more! Are you a professional detective/zoologist? My only question . . . how did a horseshoe shrimp get into a trench in Russia?
Hey, they look a lot like triops!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triop
Which, thanks to the miracle of modern marketing, anybody can have as a pet:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008YSSS?tag=thetriopsinfo-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B00008YSSS&adid=0SK7JKZS7MEDWSF7R4DT&
I had a tankful of them once. Of course, the little darlings are carnivorous, so eventually you have just one or two big ones...
Cool! (And kinda gross)
Now those are just Wierd! Even by MY standards!
-wild
*gag* that is very...fasinating
That does look horseshoe crabish.
I will not forgive you for posting that next to the ice cream.
*swallows vile stomach acid*
I'm here late...but, that does not look like a Triop or Horseshoe Shrimp because the design is different and you can't really see the eyeballs. Secondly, why would the people be so amazed if this was a thing is known by so many?
It DOES look like one of those triops or sea monkeys. I used to have triops...when some of them died I had to fish them out quick...they're cannibals. Then they sat in a box in the freezer waiting to be buried... then my mother put her foot down. It was a very...weird funeral.
(I...love...dotdotdots...)
That would actually make a great story, Hazel. You should write it down!
Ugh. It looks like that thing they put in Chekhov's ear in that one "Star Trek" movie. Bleurgh.
Chris: You're so right! I was freaked out by that thing for years.
Chris, its so cool that a guy (maybe) is on this blog we need more guys!!
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