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Submitted by lgiron on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 14:59

With initial observation of this organism, you can see that she has a tail that is larger than his main body, she has the movement style of a worm as oppose to a snake where she shrinks and extends forward. Similar characteristics as a worm, besides tail. Has little feet, do not help stick to a surface though. Semi- clear outer skin on both body and tail. Tail has an exposed black top (past the semi-clear outer coat), She has a mouth and she halts movement with sensation of predation (moving the container). When flipped upside down she wiggles her forward half to flip over. Interior front ¾ has a white color which could be an extra layer of skin which protects it internal organs and the lower ¼ has a darker color – could signify waste. Pokes something out of his mouth when she moves forward. Bilaterally symmetrical with pair organs – pairs of feets.

 

Bodily measurements: at rest, his main body is about 1.1 cm, his tail is about 1.6 cm, giving us a whole-body length of 2.7 cm. During locomotion, she extends her body, when it is extended the main body reaches about 1.4 cm in length with the tail the same length. This makes her max length around 3.0 cm. When she contracts her body, it is about 1 cm in length. Her main body has a width of about .2 cm and her tail has a width of about .05cm. With the change in body lengths between movement, and through visual calculations, she moves about .3 cm each time she extends forward and then contracts her body.

 

 

 

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