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| Topic Started: Mar 11 2013, 06:01 PM (767 Views) | |
| Lgcfm | Mar 11 2013, 06:01 PM Post #1 |
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So my dad likes to go trekking (walking on the mountains around here) and yesterday he found this unusual fellow, which we have never seen before and we have no idea what it is. It kind of looks like a flat orange and black slug but we were unable to find any similar slug in either our Chilean wildlife books or the internet. I was wondering if someone could help us identify what is it, since we are very intrigued otherwise I think it's an interesting animal and I wanted to share the photo with you guys. (It was found where I live - central/southern Chile, and according to my dad it was abut 20cm long).![]() Original size PS: Maybe we can reuse this thread if anyone else has trouble identifying an animal ?
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| Stephen | Mar 11 2013, 06:10 PM Post #2 |
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Stuck on Earth
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I don‘t have a clue, at all. Maybe you could contact ZL at Gaia, he seems to know some people who work in zoos, so maybe they can help. |
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| TEB | Mar 11 2013, 06:13 PM Post #3 |
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Gwindor son of Guilin
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It's a land flatworm.![]() YAY for wikipedia ^ Edited by TEB, Mar 11 2013, 06:14 PM.
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| Lgcfm | Mar 11 2013, 06:18 PM Post #4 |
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Certainly looks like one, thank you! I've never heard of these animals before
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| Jules | Mar 11 2013, 06:21 PM Post #5 |
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo
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Flatworms are mostly marine. |
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| Komodo | Mar 11 2013, 09:26 PM Post #6 |
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Varanus komodoensis
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Flatworms are one of my favorite invertebrate groups. You're so lucky, I've never seen one. |
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| Furka | Mar 12 2013, 03:20 AM Post #7 |
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there are land-based ones too
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| Jules | Mar 12 2013, 07:37 AM Post #8 |
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I could've guessed that |
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| Jesse | Mar 12 2013, 12:57 PM Post #9 |
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Hmm, it looks like a marine animal... But I never seen this animal before! |
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| Lgcfm | Mar 12 2013, 07:07 PM Post #10 |
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Apparently most flatworms are marine but some live in moist forest soil and there are also parasytes
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| Komodo | Mar 12 2013, 07:17 PM Post #11 |
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Varanus komodoensis
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There are marine and terrestrial free-life flatworms as Turbellaries. Most of them are parasites, like cestods and trematods. |
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otherwise I think it's an interesting animal and I wanted to share the photo with you guys. (It was found where I live - central/southern Chile, and according to my dad it was abut 20cm long).

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