It was a large elephant hawk moth caterpillar.
http://americanmonsters.com/site/2011/05/scaly-sea-monster-found-under-brooklyn-bridge/
Monday, May 30, 2011
BROOKLYN SEA MONSTER: "Much ado about Nothing," says Max
In fact he wrote something far less printable. However, I agree - of course its a sturgeon. How could any idiot think otherwise? However, in our increasingly urbanized society people are less and less in touch with the natural world. A few years ago a neighbour came to us in a state of high excitement because "one of our animals had escaped" and she would call the police if we didn't come and collect it now!
It was a large elephant hawk moth caterpillar.
http://americanmonsters.com/site/2011/05/scaly-sea-monster-found-under-brooklyn-bridge/
It was a large elephant hawk moth caterpillar.
http://americanmonsters.com/site/2011/05/scaly-sea-monster-found-under-brooklyn-bridge/
Just to add, I made the identification based on the shape and ossification of the skull, and the rows of large scutes running down the dorsal surface of the body. Any other identification is embarrassingly wrong.
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