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Spotted on Nov 18, 2017
Submitted on Dec 1, 2017
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These are called chitons. Chitons are mollusks, so this is more closely related to snails and clams than it is to bugs such as cockroaches.
TIERRA BOMBA, IS A SMALL ISLAND, NEAR CARTAGENA (COLOMBIA) IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. IN NOVEMBER I VISIT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN I WANTED SHELLS ON THE BEACH, LOCAL CHILDREN, DELIVERED ME A PIECE OF CORAL, WITH AN ANIMAL LIKE A TRILOBITE, AND THINK IT WAS A FOSIL, BUT WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE IT AWAY, I FEEL THAT IT MOVED, AND ADHIRED MORE TO THE CORAL, THEN I DISCOVERED THAT I WAS ALIVE. THEN I APPROACHED A SMALL SPRING CLOSE TO THE BEACH, AND THERE WERE MANY OF THEM IN THE ROCKS, OF DIFFERENT SIZES, AND WHEN I TOUCHED THEM, I HEARD A SOUND, WHEN I EXPULSED THE AIR BY ITS EDGES AND REDUCED IN SIZE A FEW MILIMETERS. I GUESS IS A KIND OF "SEA COCKROACH"
Can you tell us a little about where you found it/
This is not a cockroach! This is one of the most beautiful pictures of a gumboot chiton.Wow!
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