Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer!

[Sitnam]

What on Earth is that thing?

[Todderbob]

It looks like a living ball of feces.

[Sitnam]

According to one of the posters I guess it's related to the Tubifex worm, but I'd love a confirmation from someone other than a YouTard.

[shorin-ryu]

A local story:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1591089.html

[Polycarp]

Bryozoans are known as "moss animals" -- obviously a euphemism.

I actually blame the News & Observer and WRAL -- their investigative reporting isa always opening up a can of worms.

[Le Ministre de l'au-delà]

Are you sure it's not the South Carolina governor hiding out until the fuss blows over?

[Robot Arm]

Pause the video at 57 seconds. There, in the upper-right of the frame, is that the face of Dwight Eisenhower?

[Covered_In_Bees!]

Whatever it was, it was fucking gross!

[Auntbeast]

If I ever saw that and did not know exactly what it was, it would scare the crap out of me. Heck, it scares the crap out of me anyway. ewwwwwwww!

[Covered_In_Bees!]

Originally Posted by Auntbeast

If I ever saw that and did not know exactly what it was, it would scare the crap out of me.

Ya know, if this happened literally, while near it, it might actually get bigger!

[Ogre]

Originally Posted by Sitnam

According to one of the posters I guess it's related to the Tubifex worm, but I'd love a confirmation from someone other than a YouTard.

This is very untrue. Or, rather, it's true for a sufficiently liberal interpretation of "related to". Tubifex is in the same "superphylum" as the bryozoans (Lophotrochozoa), but that only makes them distantly related, at best, since phyla make up the second most general grouping in classical taxonomy.

It would be like saying that, because humans are in grouping Tetrapoda, we are related to frogs. Technically true, but meh.

[brewha]

Originally Posted by Robot Arm

Pause the video at 57 seconds. There, in the upper-right of the frame, is that the face of Dwight Eisenhower?

Yes. Yes, it is.

Thanks for pointing that out!

[EpicNonsense]

How big are these things?

[straggler]

I'd love for someone to cite a news source, that quotes some experts, definitively stating whether this is a known lifeform or not.

[straggler]

Hmm.. from here:

"They're a colony of tubifex worms," said Senior Project Engineer Mark Senior. "We've seen them before in sewer systems."

[carnivorousplant]

"They're a colony of tubifex worms," said Senior Project Engineer Mark Senior. "We've seen them before in sewer systems."

No wonder William T. Innes says in Exotic Aquarium Fishes to wash them if you collect them in the wild for fish food.

[An Arky]

Eraserhead

[Wile E]

It looks like it's covered in maggots! GAAAAHHHHH! *Runs screaming from the thread*

[ExTank]

[Vasquez]

Let's ROCK!

[/Vasquez]

[Serenata67]

Originally Posted by Robot Arm

Pause the video at 57 seconds. There, in the upper-right of the frame, is that the face of Dwight Eisenhower?

Totally looked like it. Hell, this gross thing has a presidential stamp! Creepy feces-moss-creature endorsed by Ike! Get yours today!

[Mr Buttons]

Reminded me of looking at a colonscopy, lol.

I have nothing more to offer than to say this video's gotten 2+ million views on youtube. I think that eclipses the favorite music video of my favorite band. That makes me sad.

[cmyk]

It looks like every bad thing in every sci-fi movie ever created all rolled into one. And I'm scared.

[Rigamarole]

Oh I see those things all the time.


... in sci-fi/horror FPS video games.

[Ale]

That's the grossest thing I've seen this week... and I live in Bangkok for crying out loud.