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I am all for nature, but this is f'n creepy looking [Jun. 4th, 2008|01:10 pm]
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According to a local report, A strange prehistoric creature has been found in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The creature, still unidentified, appeared in a flooded ditch at a construction site. Evidently the deep ditch was inundated by a underground river and sat full of water for quite some time.

The report goes on to say that a few months later, some workers spotted some movement in the water. When they threw some of their lunch in the water, the workers were amazed to see movement in the ditch.

Puzzled, the worked investigated and brought up the creature. When the creature tried to bite, the workers had to kill it with some nearby equipment. The workers estimated the size of the creature at 5 feet.


Now, on boards, people say this is a triops, but I am not so sure due to the size. While this thing may not be 5 feet long like they claim, it's over a few inches, which is how big triops get. Some say it's a horseshoe crab. Others make alien facehugger comments.
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From: (Anonymous)
2008-06-04 05:46 pm (UTC)

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I dunno man, doesn't look very dead to me... "had to kill it" indeed... Actually, it seems f-ing cruel to poke and prod it like that and to keep it out of the water.


Cailin
[User Picture]From: [info]stegosaur
2008-06-04 05:55 pm (UTC)

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I hate the ocean SO HARD
[User Picture]From: [info]ivy_willow
2008-06-04 06:19 pm (UTC)

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My first reaction: EWWWWWWW.
My second reaction: Put the poor thing BACK.

My reaction to stegosaur's comment: AGREED.
From: (Anonymous)
2008-06-04 08:55 pm (UTC)

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Oh and yeah, I -do- think that's just a normal triops, just zoomed in real far... Take a gander at the woodgrain for comparison.


Cailin
[User Picture]From: [info]geckoman
2008-06-04 09:23 pm (UTC)

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Yeah...that's a triops. I used to have some in a bucket over my fridge for nearly a year. Considering the eggs can survive being dried out and could possibly be transported by the wind, it's easy to see how it could end up in a puddle. By the way, Triops kick Sea Monkey's collective asses! I used to call my triops 'Klingon Sea Monkeys' because they grew from nothing to about an inch in a week and took out just about everything else that started growing with them in the bucket...including the smaller triops.
[User Picture]From: [info]aynne_witch
2008-06-05 07:04 pm (UTC)

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okay - the one in the film is obviously a normal triops, under magnification - and likely is the closest the descriptions came from the workers

if this thing they found came from an underground river source then it could be a variety of the same critter that, like the prehistoric fish that have been 'rediscovered', exist in a limited environment.

Unless the scientific community in Russia are ready to share - then we won't know either way.

Let's remember that the giant squid was just a Legend as well.