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Observations:

• Moving
• Alive
• Kind of looks like a maggot
• Long skinny tail (gets darker towards the end)
• Moves like a caterpillar
• Structures inside (almost transparent)
• Brownish
• Multiple little legs
• Might have a mouth
• Wood shavings have stuck to it
• Freezes up when touched
• Sticking to the outside of the dish
• Except for when touched or had the dish disturbed it has not stopped moving
• Doesn’t appear to have much control of its tail
• The body when fully stretched out is approximately 15mm long
• The tail is approx. 35mm long meaning the organism as a whole is about 50mm

Questions:

• What is it?
• What is its natural environment?
• What does it eat?
• What is its classifications? Insect? Invertebrate?
• Does it have bones?
• How big does it get?
• Can it see?
• Defense mechanisms?