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Unknown Organism

Submitted by alanhu on Fri, 01/25/2019 - 15:31

The worm is approximately half an inch in length and is made up of 10 segments. One end of the worm is smaller than the other end, similar to that of a cone. The end that is smaller has a darkened tip which appears to be the head. On the larger end there are two dark end spots. The two dark spots are dorsally placed when the worm is moving. The skin of the worm is transparent, which makes it possible to see inside. Inside the worm is a white fluid that moves when the worm moves. The worm moves by inching forward starting with the head, first by lifting it up and the rest of the body follows, similar to a wave. When the container was shaken the worm shrinks into itself and stays still for a few minutes. After, the worm just resumes squirming around the perimeter of the container. The worm takes 1 minute to travel the perimeter of the container. There are side bumps that may assist with movement, when it doesn't have a perimeter for it to follow, the worm rolls when it moves. The worm just moves forward in one direction. The way the worm moves just changes its direction, it doesn’t appear to be intentional. When the container is flipped upside down and then back up, the worm was able to stick to the surface for a few seconds before falling.

 

 

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One improvement could be to use a different term for the organism, rather than classifying it as a worm, which suggests the identity is already known.

One suggestion I have is to work on the organization of the paragraph. For example, the part where you talked about shaking the container probably should have been followed by what happened when the container was flipped upside down. Both of these sentences/observations had to do with you changing something in the organism's environment and I think it would have flowed better.

In the last few sentences, the word "just" can be omited.