Friday, June 5, 2015

This showed up in Taiwan...WTF !!!!

Tell me what this is and are there any more.

Might want to stay away from the beaches

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c12_1433472334

Ribbon Worm. When threatened, they’re capable of secreting a large amount of mucus. A member of the Nemertea phylum of primitive invertebrates that happens to include one of the longest-known animals on Earth.

They typically stretch from 5 to 10 millimetres, but 1864, a specimen washed up on a Scottish beach after a severe storm, and was measured as being over 55 meters (180ft).

Many ribbon worms are poisonous and several species contain tetrodotoxin, the infamous pufferfis More..
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c12_1433472334#pAqCcKbR32c4l7xP.99

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