Still sticking by my original post Anomalocarid. Check out the supposedly extinct species with a simple google image search. There are examples of species being discovered that were thought to be extinct fairly regularly. This is out of my area of expertise as I am a wildlife biologist but freshwater wetlands and waterfowl are my specialty. But I have a good feeling about the Anomalocarids on this one unless it is a hoax.
Hazwan, why have you not gotten any more information from your "friend"? It is begining to seem suspicious that there is no further detail coming forth. Did this actually come from a friend?
Sorry guys, thats the only info i get from my friend :/ the size, im not sure either, by looking at the picture and comparing it with the bucket.. maybe around less than 30cm? Sorry.. But im still curious about this creature
so... I submitted it to a few photo shop sites just to double check on authenticity. Not that I don't believe something like this could exhist... I just wanna be sure.
I also sent an e-mail to a few professors in the region that specialize in freshwater invertebrates and ecology.
I also search around a bit, but nothing similar has caught my eye. It's huge, bayucca! Look at that leaf in upper-left corner! And there's also a normal size leaf in the water - near the tail. And that fishing rod doesn't look small either...
I duplicate my last comment for Hazwan, hope he answers... @hazwan: we need some more information about the size!! Please, ask your friend to tell us about the size.
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Hai Hazwan. Kawan awak tangkap ini dari sungai mana?
Sungai Teraja ?
This thing is fierce!
It is not an Anomalocaris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anomal...
what did your friend do with it ? Did he return it to water ??
I hope it is not a hoax!! I hate wasting my time with such things...
Still sticking by my original post Anomalocarid. Check out the supposedly extinct species with a simple google image search. There are examples of species being discovered that were thought to be extinct fairly regularly. This is out of my area of expertise as I am a wildlife biologist but freshwater wetlands and waterfowl are my specialty. But I have a good feeling about the Anomalocarids on this one unless it is a hoax.
Hoaxus fairytalii???
(hope not)
Hazwan, why have you not gotten any more information from your "friend"? It is begining to seem suspicious that there is no further detail coming forth. Did this actually come from a friend?
ok dud at this i think this a supposedly extinct species nobody can name this thing but try asking ashleyT maybe she can ID this thing. :)
Sorry guys, thats the only info i get from my friend :/ the size, im not sure either, by looking at the picture and comparing it with the bucket.. maybe around less than 30cm? Sorry.. But im still curious about this creature
Still no ID!? looking forward to an ID, very interesting, Hazwan.
and we decided it not a steel sculpture did we?
Well according to multiple sources it's not photo shopped.
so... I submitted it to a few photo shop sites just to double check on authenticity. Not that I don't believe something like this could exhist... I just wanna be sure.
I also sent an e-mail to a few professors in the region that specialize in freshwater invertebrates and ecology.
I also search around a bit, but nothing similar has caught my eye.
It's huge, bayucca!
Look at that leaf in upper-left corner! And there's also a normal size leaf in the water - near the tail. And that fishing rod doesn't look small either...
I duplicate my last comment for Hazwan, hope he answers...
@hazwan: we need some more information about the size!! Please, ask your friend to tell us about the size.
Me too ;-)...
Every once in a while I come back to this page and search around a bit. Still can't find an ID!
I would also want to know what this creature is!! :)
Maybe a rare Crustacea, because it was caught during fishing...
About the size, it is large. You can see the fishing pole there...
Based on what Bayucca has posted, it seems to be closest to Duliticola.
Size is still an issue though.
... we're sure this isn't photoshopped right?
@hazwan: we need some more information about the size!! Please, ask your friend to tell us about the size.
Isopoda??
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/crustacea/I...
Structures arenot bad, but size is too small.
The size looks really enormous, probably too large for a beetle larva. I found some families whose larvae have some similarities. But I never saw one with such a sickled tail. Lampyridae, Lycidae and Silphidae. Maybe it helps...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oleg_l/4675...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birds_n_bug...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N0...
Nice collection of beetle larva: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N0...
Looking at the structures it might be a beetle larva, but looking at the size not really. Any Crustacea??