tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post5797317214718912343..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: DOWN IN THE STREETS OR DOWN IN THE SEWERUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-26905534356468832192009-07-05T00:34:57.986+01:002009-07-05T00:34:57.986+01:00Ed Buchan, environmental coordinator at the Raleig...Ed Buchan, environmental coordinator at the Raleigh Public Utilities Department, said staff biologists have confirmed that the "creature" is actually a colony of tubifex worms. The colonies attach themselves to roots that gradually work themselves into weak points in the pipes.<br /><br />"They seem to respond to the light from the camera," Buchan said. "That light is pretty hot."<br /><br />The worms naturally occur in sewage and pond sediment and are actually sold both live and dried as fish food in pet stores.FrankAlwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062822017695723205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-32334630090142166632009-06-29T19:46:52.595+01:002009-06-29T19:46:52.595+01:00Maybe bryozoan?
I would be surprised to find thre...Maybe bryozoan?<br /><br />I would be surprised to find three in one spot, though.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-11302276898492174792009-06-29T19:15:14.173+01:002009-06-29T19:15:14.173+01:00No idea but whatever it is, it's DISGUSTING!
...No idea but whatever it is, it's DISGUSTING!<br /><br />LizC-E Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587050412146604186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-49845828088751575002009-06-29T19:12:15.428+01:002009-06-29T19:12:15.428+01:00These are aestivating land snails that have just w...These are aestivating land snails that have just woken up.<br /><br />Land snails often cover themselves with a secretion that dries on contact with the air. Some species of land snail can spend three years in that cocoon.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-49861483524260807492009-06-29T18:54:01.805+01:002009-06-29T18:54:01.805+01:00I looks like a land snail that has been caught in ...I looks like a land snail that has been caught in a crack. Somehow, it's produced so much slime trying to get out that it's gumming up all over it.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.com