Posted on 02/17/2023 8:14:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
To look at the Tully monster, it’s reasonable to say that it’s reminiscent of a slug. At its mid-body, what are believed to be eyes protrude outward on two stalks, like those of a slug. However, in the place where one might assume the mouth would be located is a long, thin appendage with a claw at its end. This claw appears to have teeth.
In 2016, a group of scientists conducted a study and said the Tully monster had finally been classified. Their evidence suggested that it was, in fact, a vertebrate. The study focused on prominent features in the creature’s physical shape. Looking at the fossil, the researchers claimed that there was a notochord in the Tully monster.
A notochord is a flexible rod that runs down the length of the body. Although it’s not considered to be a spinal cord, it is considered to be the precursor to a spinal cord. So the presence of the notochord suggested to these scientists that the Tully monster is best classified as a vertebrate. In this way, they likened it to the same group as lampreys.
The study also looked at pigment granules located in the eyes known as melanosomes. By analyzing these, scientists noted that the shape and size were similar to those found in the eyes of other vertebrates, again placing it under that classification.
However, a newer study challenged the 2016 outcome... looked at melanosomes in the eyes. [I]t was determined that the creature more closely resembles invertebrates than vertebrates, contrary to the previous study’s claims. It was also found that the Tully monster’s eyes contained a different type of copper than vertebrates. What’s especially interesting is that even though this unusual creature is different than vertebrates, it’s not identical to invertebrates, either.
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Mr. Holiday builds quite a convincing case but conveniently leaves out until near the end of the book that the largest fossil of a Tullimonstrum orm ever found was all of 18 inches long.
It bears mention that Mr Holiday was a notable eccentric and believed the reason high-quality photographs of the Loch Ness Monster are so rare is that Nessie is telepathic (and apparently also a connoisseur of photographic equipment) and chooses to remain hidden whenever it senses it might be exposed.
>> it was also like a slug, and kind of resembled a leech as well
So, Democrats have been around a hundred million years is what you’re saying?
Man they weren’t kidding about the eyestalks.
I guess the row of portholes on its belly is so its last meal can have a nice view.
“And very tasty.”
The problem is finding a lure that looks like a trilobite.
Sea Monkeys!!
They could’ve called it a cattywampus. Or even a tallywacker. Tully? I’d hate to meet up with the Tully they named that freak after.
“ I didn’t see this noted in the article, but the size of the creature was 3” to 15.”
It seems vary depending on the relative proximity of females of the species
“The Ancient Tully Monster Was So Unusual That Scientists Still Don’t Know How to Classify It”
Additional info
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-tully-monster-scientists-finally-think-they-know-180958422/
“Classification is a very artificial process. But it can be useful to understand the world.
Classification of nematodes involved the cutting the rear end off and pressing flat on a slide and looking at the patterns.”
So are you a “Lumper” or a “Splitter”?
A relative of Maxine Waters?
That’s great. That monster just keeps coming back.
Wendigo. Or The Rake from the look of it. Indeed horrifying.
Much better looking than some of the crap that lives in the ocean.
Easy, it’s Non-binary with they, them pronouns. Just like everyone today. Solved.
They be on the cruise ship. 🙂
Exactly!
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