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Bipalium sp.
Shiny brown worm with a crescent-shaped head.
It had been raining torrentially for the last few days. The garden and road outside were muddy and full of puddles. This planarian found shelter in my verandah crawling up the netting put up to keep mosquitoes out. I made it crawl on to a sheet of paper and released it in the garden under some plants. I watched it for a while...first it remained curled up with the head resting on the body. Then it felt comfortable enough on the paper to move its head a bit. After that it extended its body to explore...that is when I released it. The sequence of photos is in reverse (the extended body shot is first)
Spotted on Oct 22, 2017
Submitted on Oct 23, 2017
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