Flat worm eating a snail

Puxa..... que incrivel!!!

Ha ha Chun ! :-)

I think you dropped your ice cream, Sergio :-)

Thank you Sergio and Mark :) I never thought much about Flatworms before either and now I am finding them fascinating! I have another cousin for you, but not as colorful as yours and those of Mark.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/147....

Oh, the wonders of being a self taught, poorly trained biologist trying to understand the underworld... Believe it or not, flatworms never crossed my mind. Actually, I barely knew they existed till now, much less that they existed so close to me, so leopard snail seemed a good bet - specially when I learned that they have many color variations. Of course you Tamar, Lauren and Mark are right. This IS a flatworm. Thank you very much for another lesson in nature.

C'mon Sergio. Mine is looking for it's long lost cousin. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/804...

I think pic 3 is actually showing the (pointy) head. Geoplaninae (from Gondwana).

There is a New Zealand species that looks very much like yours….but is supposedly endemic to New Zealand... http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/turbellaria...

Here is a different species doing the same thing as yours….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/68...

Now that I look at this with ForestDragon's eyes, I think yes it does look like a flatworm more than a slug. The branch and the shell make it look thicker and slug-like. Can we find any flatworms with that pattern?

I'm inclined to agree with Tamar. And for me it's also about the action. The geoplanids grab and wrap around prey like that but I can't find pics of L maximus doing that except for sex (not happening here :). Remember Larry's flatworm/flatid hopper spotting?

Sergio, I have been looking at this image and I think that your aggressor look more like a terrestrial flatworm than a leopard slug. It looks very flat and the patterning looks different from any of the leopard slugs I have seen.

I know that some terrestrial flatworms are very aggressive predators.

A great great catch! U keep bringing us some wonderful aspects of nature :)

Yours are very different colour and pattern. Excellent find. Video the writhing next time please. :-)

Wow!!Amazing!!

Oh I see. I thought the shell was a part of slug...

Looks like a slug with Dunce Cap - neat, I didn't realize it was eating a snail! Amazing.

Yes Antonio.

Amazing,is she eating the snail?