sas137 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 does anybody know what this thing is i was just being nosey having a smoke when i saw this thing swimming arround so i thought id catch it and take a couple of photos of it. it has a harliquin look to it when its in the sun out of the water and scaly look and feel it swims from the small end so i take it thats the head end anyone know what it is. my wife suggested it was some sort of intestonal worm , i wouldnt have the foggest any suggestions ther are a couple more pics on here. http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n174/sas137/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Just how big is this thing, have you given it a name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas137 Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 na no name its about 35-40cm long and about 3-4mm wide , my old man thought it mita been in an animal that had been gutted up streem but hes not shure what it is ither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 maybe gordian worm they are usually black though up to 20cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 na no name call it pedro :lol: I call everything pedro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I vote gordian worm Look at this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I vote gordian worm Look at this Remind me never to eat crickets eeewwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 yeah, I think gordian worm too. My dad told me that he saw what looked like a piece of black string at least a foot long swimming through the water. I did a massive google spree and settled on them. Never seen one myself, very cool (and agreed, disturbing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas137 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 yea looks alot like that . dont know if i wana go swimming in that creak anymore . does anyone know if they would infect inanga or other fish species cos that is what i was looking at, at the time of finding this thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 According to Bob McDowall ('NZ Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History and Guide'): Gordian worms are probably common in NZ but rarely seen. Most are found encysted in the digestive tract and fewer in other organs. Initial host is possibly an aquatic insect. One upland bully was examined with an estimated 10,000..........! (you ever seen the average size of a bully?!) It is suggested this fish may have eaten the eggs directly. Common in common river galaxias (sth island species) What else did you find on your fish hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas137 Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 2-3 groups of inanga not shure what they were exactly, mosqito fish , bullys 1 eel and thats in the middle of the day to. at night we usually see alot more, i like just looking its quite interesting . there is alot of kura in that streem aswell, but all the streems arround here a quite plentifull in aquatic life. execpt one that has mine tailingsseeping into it. beyound that its ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 can they get inside a human being? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 welll........................the human would have to eat the stage 1 host, usually an aquatic invertebrate. It might be possible, I don't know. I doubt it, but maybe some species can. Evolving to live in a critter the same temp as a cold stream is a bit different to inside a 37.5 degree human.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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