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Saturday, December 07, 2013

MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: THE MINI HONG KONG SEA MONSTER THAT WASN`T?

Waves wash up on the beaches of "monsters" in April of this year [2013] via a small beach, walking along the intertidal zone, I found a couple of small "Monster". For an unknown identity, I am trying to put pictures on the iNaturalist Web site. However, the "request" button, still no data available. United States friends Nagai inland seashore creatures have relatively little known, but never mind, bio-strange things in the world, which failed to identify, in eco-site far more than do?
Now start with "Monster". "The monster" only a finger length, body lurched, full of young and thin spines on either side, forms like centipedes, just head is not a river, but into a leech-like, but worth mentioning is, the head (do not know whether I actually called the head), in addition to the estuary, there seemed to be less than any other organ. In fact, some time at the beach while swimming, has seen the monster in the water, he also understands a little swimming, paddling, is young and thin spines on either side of the body, but her swimming skills are very poor, and I think earthworms in water, roll out, the body faster than he swam. Oceans is little explored local, unknown, grotesque creatures may land more, is this what then? Do you have any idea? Is a little bit is welcome. (Translated by Bing)

Apparently the above photographs,if Jon has been able to transpose them from my copy and paste effort from Facebook, show the “ golden fireworm”, according to Hsung Tsun Chen. The story was posted by Peter Parker on November 24th 2013 on the HKWildlife FB site and apparently shows a marine creature more often found in reefs in the tropical W. Atlantic according to one web site. . I say “that wasn`t” in my blog title as it appears to be a known species but very rare or unknown in Hong Kong, but I haven`t bothered to check up online to verify that last point. I am sorry about the poor translation,blame Bing whoever he/she/they/it/them are!! Another issue( Jon or someone please correct me here) is that Hong Kong doesn`t exactly have reefs as far as I recall, at least not extensive coral reefs. Of course the text doesn`t say Hong Kong but I presume it`s there.

Flying Snake 6 is at the printers right now, featuring mystery cats in Malaga, Spain, oop alligator gar in China, giant spiders in Colorado and nightmares about World War 3.

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