It's Gamera's pal, Legion.
Posted on 09/21/2006 6:20:06 AM PDT by pcottraux
Ah, then it must be a "wild origami"
Yuppers, it's got the look of a McCainiac...snap,snap, it's a Collins! The possibilities are growing by the week.
Thanks. Maybe someone will have an answer.
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Here's the critter...email it or pass it around to as many people as you want. Maybe someone will know what it is.
It was caught early in July in the Savannah River channel...the shipping channel. Since we drag 1 1/2 hours at the time or more, there's no way to pinpoint where in the channel it was caught. Since it showed no signs of decomposition, I am guessing it was alive when caught. Also, the pink discolorations seem to be blood under the surface of the tissue, much like a sting ray or skate looks like after being compressed in the net. The surface felt like that of a ray. No sign of a stinger or barb on the tail. The most unusual feature are the claw-like things on the front of the "wings".
Some jackass suggested it was a hoax. He would have been better off to keep that suggestion to himself.
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It is definitely not a spork weasel.
It's extremely resistant to drugs and other methods that were attempted to eradicate it. But it is vulnerable to high intensity bursts of UV light. It hangs out in dark areas....
It killed Kirk's brother and his family but his neice survived although remained affected by the creatures grasp on her nervous system. Spock tried to gather a specimen but was himself attacked and infected. Dr. McCoy discovered that it was vulnerable to the light.....
Unidentified creature above
Dorsal and ventral views of a male longnose skate
courtesy NOAA
I think you've got the right critter.
I believe its in the Rajidae family. Unlike the Longnose Skate its "wings" are rounded and the tail is stubbed. Along the leading edge of the "wings" are clawlike features. The Longnose Skate is found along the West Coast and this was caught near the East Coast in the Savannah River channel.
Bump
It could be one of those rays, just with very unusual features. Animals of different species sometimes can be very different in appearance, as was the case with the "humanzee." The humanzee was thought to be a chimp/human hybrid, but was actually just a regular chimp that looked different from the others.
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