Tommygunn Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 I was filling up the padding pool from our water table depth well and saw some muck in the otherwise clean looking water. I just thought it was some debris the pump had bought up but on closer inspection they are some strange creatures I've never seen before. Best way I can descibe them is that they are like segments of a chopped lizard's tail with jellyfish/starfish tentacles at either end. They are about 2.5mm in diameter and about 2mm in height, not including tentacles. Does anyone have any idea what they are and if they are dangerous or parasitic to humans? Cheers, Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Not seen anything like it before.Posted it to my uni's wildlife society page though. I'm sure someone will have an idea. Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Thanks, I look forward to hopefully finding out what they are. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 How do they move? Like jellyfish? Certainly intriguing. Link to post Share on other sites
Elliot Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=217&u=11982983 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=217&u=11982983 Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 I'm genuinely intrigued what they are. Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Still gotten no response from those in my group but I've been thinking. Have you observed their behaviour for a period? Part of me wants to say some sort of freshwater anemone but that's just speculation at this point. Link to post Share on other sites
Im going space Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 I am also intrigued. Link to post Share on other sites
Thechom Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Possibly hydra? Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 They seem to do bugger all and don't at all seem to want to talk to each other and I've got four in a glass next to me as I type. They have all got their tentacles out (no perceivable movement), some more than most, and they just sit at the bottom of the glass. The water, which is from this morning, I'm certain has got cloudier and I've just lifted it to the light above me and there appears to be other wispy thread like bodies in there, a fraction of a mm in width and about 1mm in length. However, without a microscope I can't tell if it is well poop, alien poop or offspring. How does something like this adapt? The well was drilled when the house was built in 2008, straight into the dirt. 'The Things', but this is Italy and quite warm? Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well I think we're all agreed. Alien parasites it is. Anyone in your family/area acting strangely? Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 They're all Italian, I can't tell! Everyone's a killer on the roads (nice as pie off it), mother in law is mental, the youngest had his birthday today and has been off his head. I need a baseline. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
-Drake- Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hmm so an italian plumber stuck a pipe into the ground a few years back and now these things have appeared ? The answer is obvious. Baby Piranha plants. Link to post Share on other sites
ED-SKaR Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well I need to change my insignia to have these things now. All hail our new master race... Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 When I saw that animation my mind immediately skipped to something else. You know what I was thinking! Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
icolater Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 any photos Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Try posting to Reddit, seems they have their fair share of biologists. Link to post Share on other sites
Tommygunn Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Icolater, The photos are in my first post. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites
heroshark Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 its probably some sort of larve ,you'll have to see how they develope. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 The onlt thing I have seen that looks remotely like this is a Pokemon......... ...............wait, could they be real?!?!?!?!?!? 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
bladerunner168 Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 It reminds me of a Korean film called "The Host" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Host_(2006_film) Link to post Share on other sites
Im going space Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Anyone found anything out yet? Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I've asked a few marine biology types but they're stumped. Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 check out this horrible little thing: Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 The hell is that? Looks like a spider and a centipede made sweet, unnatural love! At least it isn't bigger than that though, size does seem to be the biggest factor in creepiness. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
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