Barnicle like creature in sewers.

GRiM

GRiM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2vXumcM8Ok

"Uknown life form lives in sewers, notice the retraction of a stiff nail like object from the third and last creature from the seam in the pipe. "

I have not done much research on this, but I wanted to share it. Slightly creepy :)






edit: (possible answer)
_http://www.kdvr.com/kdvr-prehistoricsewermonstercaug-5439314,0,673974.story

"An aquatic specialist from the DOW confirmed that what the camera had discovered was actually a Bryozoan, a primitive life form that, as a species, is over 350 million years old.
The Bryozoans are collections of smaller organisms that filter food out of the water supply, and they are an extremely primitive "animal" life form."
 
This is the most disgusting thing I've seen for a while. What the hell is this ? Possibly a fake ? It's the only video uploaded by the poster on youtube.
 
I don't know how a person could fake something this vile.

It reminds me of a kind of slime mold, but those move slowly.

What bothers me? The corrosion evident in the seams of the pipes where the critter sits. Not good.
 
I checked out the posters microsoft-live profile:

Occupation : Public Service
Location : North Carolina

So far it seems to make sense. From the video you can read what looks like 6" CP, I wonder what that means. The diameter of the pipe? CP, Copper Pipe?
 
Tigersoap said:
Urgh, what the....

That's seriously disturbing...how big is it though ?
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That would depend on the size of the sewer pipe and the camera: most of those cameras are fairly small, say the width of a pencil?

That would make the critter the size of a cotton ball, roughly?

If its anything like a barnacle (and so far it seems so, but could be misleading) the danger is cracking the pipe or plugging it up over time as it spreads. If I saw that in my sewer pipe, I'd want a sampe taken and checked out to see just what it is, what it secretes, eats, and if its going to be a problem. Why? So that the gross out factor won't discourage investigation. ;D
 
GRiM said:
I checked out the posters microsoft-live profile:

Occupation : Public Service
Location : North Carolina

So far it seems to make sense. From the video you can read what looks like 6" CP, I wonder what that means. The diameter of the pipe? CP, Copper Pipe?
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Judging on the other videos that is the meaning

If it is a fake, it is very professionally done. Even with the newest computer generated effects this would be hard to do. Maybe it’s a larva of something already known, or something like that?
 
Check this out:

Prehistoric Sewer Monster Caught on Video

DENVER - An underground mystery is over for the Crestview water system. In December, a robotic camera checking sewer lines for damage stumbled upon a green, slimy organism with tentacles that seemed to be alive.

"It looked like it was hiding from the light," water system worker Randy Ferguson said. And the tentacles seemed to be staying away from the water.

The discovery was made in a pipe near the intersection of 76th and Pecos.

Ferguson and his partner Mike Parker asked the Colorado Division of Wildlife to look into the creature, because in 20 years of sewer work, they had never seen anything like it before.

An aquatic specialist from the DOW confirmed that what the camera had discovered was actually a Bryozoan, a primitive life form that, as a species, is over 350 million years old.

The Bryozoans are collections of smaller organisms that filter food out of the water supply, and they are an extremely primitive "animal" life form.

Bryozoans aren't harmful, although they can occasionally clog water pipes.

For now, the Crestview water system isn't going to do anything about the animal in it's pipes.
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from: _http://www.kdvr.com/kdvr-prehistoricsewermonstercaug-5439314,0,673974.story
 
GRiM said:
Wow, great find Oxajil. I guess that closes that case pretty neatly :)
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Yeah until the Bryozoans starts to eat radioactive toxic waste and develop an appetite for human flesh !!
Ah !!
 
Tigersoap said:
GRiM said:
Wow, great find Oxajil. I guess that closes that case pretty neatly :)
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Yeah until the Bryozoans starts to eat radioactive toxic waste and develop an appetite for human flesh !!
Ah !!
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then imagine something like that jumping on your face, :lol:
 
Tigersoap said:
Yeah until the Bryozoans starts to eat radioactive toxic waste and develop an appetite for human flesh !!
Ah !!
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classic-skull-barnicle.jpg


aaaaaaaah!!
 
if Bear Grylls of Ultimate survival came across this critter he would probably eat it in front of the camera..I can already imagine the episode Ultimate Survival- Man vs. Sewers :nuts:

if you are fussy about your food do not open these links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuB3kr3ckYE&feature=PlayList&p=7A02D03C1D2EE117&index=92&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXuFR7Cz4rk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lFg_Jy0c_g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6boGhYWOX9k&feature=PlayList&p=7A02D03C1D2EE117&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=91
 
Someone commented on the video that after reading the wiki entry on bryozoa, they didn't think this was the explanation. After reading it myself and seeing photos and pictures, I agree with them.

wiki said:
Anatomy

Bryozoan skeletons grow in a variety of shapes and patterns: mound-shaped, lacy fans, branching twigs, and even corkscrew-shaped. Their skeletons have numerous tiny openings, each of which is the home of a minute animal called a zooid. They also have a coelomate body with a looped alimentary canal or gut, opening at the mouth and terminating at the anus. They feed with a specialized, ciliated structure called a lophophore, which is a crown of tentacles surrounding the mouth. Their diet consists of small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. In turn, bryozoans are preyed on by grazing organisms such as sea urchins and fish. Bryozoans do not have any defined respiratory, or circulatory systems due to their small size. However, they do have a simple nervous system and a hydrostatic skeletal system. Several studies have been undertaken on the crystallography of bryozoan skeletons, revealing a complex fabric suite of oriented calcite or aragonite crystallites within an organic matrix - see for example Hall et al. (2002).
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All the pictures on the wiki page show creatures which look like corals. There isn't anything resembling the things in the video. But I guess it may be just a different species.
 
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