# Show me the strangest organism you have learned about in 2020

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**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-strangest-organism-you-have-learned-about-in-2020/927768 "2020-12-10T15:42:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-the-strangest-organism-you-have-learned-about-in-2020/927768/3 "2020-12-10T16:22:44Z")

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Possibly the giant planarians I discovered in my yard.

> [@Today in nature I saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/221):
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> A giant-ass planarian. [[Huge planarian, probably Bipalium kewense] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Y1L6uRMRc)

Or maybe this praying mantis.

[https://www.google.com/search?q=Metallyticus+splendidus](https://www.google.com/search?q=Metallyticus+splendidus)

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