Cacing kematian Mongolia

[Andaman_Nikobar]

ngomong2 tuh cacing pertama kali di liat ama orang tanggal,bulan,tahun

brapa?

penasaran gw

Tanggalnya ga ada kan, itu dia dapat kisahnya dari orang nomaden di Mongolia

[Mr_Random]

masih sekeluarga ama athropoda macam kelabang atau kaki seribu kali, soalnya ni 2 makhluk juga punya racun yang bisa ngebunuh at least serangga kecil dalam sekejap

[Menara_Jakarta]

Nih, berbagai fakta (sorry in english)



The electric eel, unlike most electric fish, has three separate organs which it uses for producing a charge. The need for three electric organs is to fulfill the various roles and applications of its ability to produce electricity. The Main and Hunters' organs are the high voltage producers, used for protection, fright reflexes and stunning prey. The Sachs' organ is capable only of producing low voltage pulses - its purpose is mainly electro communication and navigation. The eel, spite being slightly curved in the above picture, tends to remain straight whilst moving, using its anal fin to propel itself. This is necessary in order to maintain a uniform electric field around itself, as a more effective sensory mechanism.



The electric organs, responsible for the discharge, are composed of muscle-like cells called electrocytes. These cells resemble muscle cells in the sense that they exist at the end of axons or nerve cells, as a muscle cell would, only the electrocytes have no contracting ability. Having a distinctly disc like form, the electrocytes can be aligned as cells in a battery.

Up to 200,000 of these cells can be aligned in series within the organ....each one capable of producing a small voltage so that when discharged simultaneously, the resulting potential difference is the sum of each of these voltages. In the low voltage organs, electric discharge varies considerably from fish to fish. Some species produce a continual wave-like discharge, whereas others emit a constant pulse. The higher voltage organs emit a pulse, but they remain inactive most of the time, recharging for a large accumulated discharge in the event of danger.

Electric eels are classified as strongly electric fish as opposed to weakly electric fish, the Torpedo ray is another strongly electric fish. Electric discharge is therefore of the "pulse" like nature.

Electrocytes, like all eukaryotic cells, maintain a potential gradient across the membrane, this is done by active transport of Na+ and K+ ions through membrane pumps, protein structures which span the phospholipid bilayers forming the cell membrane. Transport of these ions is coupled to the synthesis of ATP, the standard currency of energy in all biological organisms.

Jadi intinya gini

Bentuk tubuh belut listrik unik. Hampir 7/8 bagian tubuhnya berupa ekor. Di bagian ekor inilah terdapat baterai-baterai kecil berupa lempengan-lempengan kecil yang horizontal dan vertikal. Jumlahnya sangat banyak, lebih dari 5.000 buah. Tegangan listrik tiap baterai kecil ini tidak besar, tetapi kalau semua baterai dihubungkan secara berderet (seri), akan diperoleh tegangan listrik sekitar 600 volt (bandingkan dengan batu baterai yang hanya 1,5 volt).

Ujung ekor bertindak sebagai kutub positif baterai dan ujung kepala bertindak sebagai kutub negatif. Belut listrik dapat mengatur hubungan antara baterai kecil dalam tubuhnya itu untuk mendapat tegangan listrik kecil dan tegangan listrik besar.

Tetapi ketika ketemu musuh atau mangsanya, belut listrik akan memberikan tegangan semaksimal mungkin melalui kepala dan ekornya yang ditempelkan pada tubuh musuh atau mangsanya itu. Arus listrik sekitar 1 ampere yang ditimbulkan oleh tegangan listrik yang tinggi ini akan mengalir dan membunuh mereka.

Mungkin kutipan post diatas bisa jadi penjelasan juga buat cara cacing ini ngeluarin listrik.

[3tag_miracle]

gw punya pertanyaan nih...
klo itu cacing beneran ada koq foto yang ditampilkan hanya foto2 seperti itu ? bukan seperti foto yang memperlihatkan itu seperti benar2 nyata

[Menara_Jakarta]

gw punya pertanyaan nih...
klo itu cacing beneran ada koq foto yang ditampilkan hanya foto2 seperti itu ? bukan seperti foto yang memperlihatkan itu seperti benar2 nyata

Itu bukan foto, itu ilustrasi. Kalo ada foto beneran hebat berarti fotografernya, bisa selamat dari serangan asam, racun dan listrik si cacing kematian.

[squid_a]

Memangnya cacing itu bergerak dengan cepat??
Trus serangan Seperti Listrik dan racun apakah dipakai dari jauh??
Atau harus dari jarak deket?

[Menara_Jakarta]

Memangnya cacing itu bergerak dengan cepat??
Trus serangan Seperti Listrik dan racun apakah dipakai dari jauh??
Atau harus dari jarak deket?

Menurut cerita penduduk lokal sih bisa dari jauh. Kalo kecepatan bergerak gak tau.

[Menara_Jakarta]

Cacing Kematian Mongolia adalah cryptid yang dilaporkan ada di Gurun Gobi. Hewan ini umumnya dianggap sebagai makhluk cryptozoology; laporan pengamatan yang ada disengketakan atau belum dikonfirmasi.

Cacing ini bertubuh gemuk dan berwarna merah cerah, memiliki panjang 0.6 hingga 1.5 meter.

Cacing ini diklaim oleh penduduk Mongol setempat memiliki kemampuan menyebar asam dan mengeluarkan sengatan listrik yang akan membunuh manusia.

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacing_Kematian_Mongolia

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The Cryptid Zoo: Mongolian Death Worm (or Olgoi-Khorkhoi)

This reddish creature is about two feet long and as thick as a person's arm, with no discernable limbs, head end, or tail end. It is reported from the Gobi desert on the border of China and Mongolia, one of the least explored areas in the world. It resembles a worm, or a living piece of intestine. It is also called the "intestine worm" because of how it looks, but this nickname causes it to be easily confused with intestinal worms, internal parasites such as the tapeworm that really exist and are not of interest to cryptozoology. The Mongolian death worm is not an internal parasite.

The Mongolian death worm has a reputation for being incredibly venomous and deadly. It supposedly kills camels and horses easily. It may be able to spray its venom, an ability that is found in some snakes native to environments other than Asia. It only comes above ground when it is rainy, which is only two months per year in the Gobi desert. Normally, the Mongolian death worm stays underground, out of sight.

Communism hampered investigations for many years. Since then, all attempts to prove the existence of the Mongolian death worm have been unsuccessful, though eyewitness accounts are numerous enough and relatively consistent. The creature is regarded with a superstitious fear, but the only supernatural characteristic it has picked up is the reputed ability to kill from a distance, without spraying its venom. Similar mythical abilities have been attributed to perfectly real snakes, such as the rattlesnake's supposed power to kill people who are miles away by biting their footprints, so this by itself is not a reason to discount the possibility of the Mongolian death worm being a real animal. Some researchers have suggested that it has the power to shock victims, like an electric eel, though this seems unlikely in a dry environment such as the Gobi desert.

What could the Mongolian death worm be? A snake seems the most likely possibility. Some snakes have developed adaptations to make their head end and tail end look similar, to fool predators. However, most witnesses say it has smooth skin with no scales, which would rule out all except the most bizarre snakes. It could also be a skink (a widespread family of legless lizards that often resemble snakes and look very bizarre). An actual worm is also a possibility, though two feet long would be a pretty big worm. Still, some verified species of Australian worm have reached ten feet in length. Without a live specimen, a dead body, or a very detailed description by a trained biologist, it would be impossible to say what the Mongolian death worm might be.

http://www.newanimal.org/deathworm.htm

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The Cryptid Zoo: Mongolian Death Worm (or Olgoi-Khorkhoi)

This reddish creature is about two feet long and as thick as a person's arm, with no discernable limbs, head end, or tail end. It is reported from the Gobi desert on the border of China and Mongolia, one of the least explored areas in the world. It resembles a worm, or a living piece of intestine. It is also called the "intestine worm" because of how it looks, but this nickname causes it to be easily confused with intestinal worms, internal parasites such as the tapeworm that really exist and are not of interest to cryptozoology. The Mongolian death worm is not an internal parasite.

The Mongolian death worm has a reputation for being incredibly venomous and deadly. It supposedly kills camels and horses easily. It may be able to spray its venom, an ability that is found in some snakes native to environments other than Asia. It only comes above ground when it is rainy, which is only two months per year in the Gobi desert. Normally, the Mongolian death worm stays underground, out of sight.

Communism hampered investigations for many years. Since then, all attempts to prove the existence of the Mongolian death worm have been unsuccessful, though eyewitness accounts are numerous enough and relatively consistent. The creature is regarded with a superstitious fear, but the only supernatural characteristic it has picked up is the reputed ability to kill from a distance, without spraying its venom. Similar mythical abilities have been attributed to perfectly real snakes, such as the rattlesnake's supposed power to kill people who are miles away by biting their footprints, so this by itself is not a reason to discount the possibility of the Mongolian death worm being a real animal. Some researchers have suggested that it has the power to shock victims, like an electric eel, though this seems unlikely in a dry environment such as the Gobi desert.

What could the Mongolian death worm be? A snake seems the most likely possibility. Some snakes have developed adaptations to make their head end and tail end look similar, to fool predators. However, most witnesses say it has smooth skin with no scales, which would rule out all except the most bizarre snakes. It could also be a skink (a widespread family of legless lizards that often resemble snakes and look very bizarre). An actual worm is also a possibility, though two feet long would be a pretty big worm. Still, some verified species of Australian worm have reached ten feet in length. Without a live specimen, a dead body, or a very detailed description by a trained biologist, it would be impossible to say what the Mongolian death worm might be.

http://www.newanimal.org/deathworm.htm

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Operation Deathworm

In May 2005, Cryptoworld joined forces with the CFZ (Centre for Fortean Zoology) and travelled to Mongolia to look for the legendary Mongolian Death Worm.

The expedition lasted four weeks, and covered several thousand miles, crossing open grass land (Steppe), rocky desert, mountain passes and the impossibly hostile Gobi desert (read about our dust-storm adventures below!).

Mongolian Death Worm - A History.
The Death Worm: approximately five-foot (1.5m) long, dwelling in the vast and inhospitable expanses of the Gobi Desert. The creature, known to Mongolia’s nomadic tribesmen as the allghoi khorkhoi (sometimes given as allerghoi horhai or olgoj chorchoj) and roughly translates into English as ‘intestine worm’ for its resemblance to a sort of living cow’s intestine. Apparently red in colour, sometimes described as having darker spots or blotches, and even said to bear spiked projections at both ends, the khorkhoi is reputedly just as dangerous as its alarming appearance would suggest, squirting a lethal corrosive venom at its prey and capable of killing at a distance of several feet by discharging a deadly electric shock.1

The first known reference in English seems to comes from Professor Roy Chapman Andrews’ 1926 book ‘On the Trail of Ancient Man’. Although the American palæontologist (apparently the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character) was not entirely convinced by the tales he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials: “None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all firmly believed in its existence and described it minutely.�2

Since then, there has been numerous reports and stories, but no official search has ever been conducted by Mongolia, although there are stories of Russian scientists investigating the creature during the time Russian held power (1921–1992).

In 1990 and 1992, the Czech Explorer Ivan Mackerle mounted two expeditions after he first learned about the creature from a female student from Mongolia. Mackerle had told her about a diving expedition he had made in search of the Loch Ness Monster, she then told him in a conspiratorial whisper, “We, too, have a horrible creature living in Mongolia. We call it the Allghoi khorkhoi monster, and it lives buried in the Gobi Desert sand dunes. It can kill a man, a horse, even a camel.”

Intrigued, Mackerle set out to learn more about this Mongolian monster, and after Mackerle and his colleagues befriended some Mongolian nomads, they heard what is possibly the most commonly told story and description of the Deathworm.

The Story goes: After a couple of bottles of Mongolian vodka had loosened the nomads’ tongues, they said that the worm squirts an acidic liquid that immediately makes anything it touches turn yellow and corroded. The nomads also said that the colour yellow attracts the Allghoi khorkhoi. They then told Mackerle the story of a young boy who was playing outside with a yellow toy box. A death worm apparently crawled inside, and when the boy touched the worm, he was killed instantly. The boy’s parents found his body and a wavy trail leading away in the sand. They knew instantly what had happened, and followed the trail to kill the worm. But the story goes that instead of them killing it, it actually killed them instead.3

Then in 2003, Adam Davies and Andy Sanderson from Extreme Expeditions travelled to Mongolia to have a look for the fabled beast (you can read their full account on the Fortean Time web site). But despite their lack of success, and the fact that they found no scientific proof of its existence, they really believe that it’s out there somewhere. “I know it’s out there and I wish the next explorer the best of luck in proving me right. Who knows? I might even have another go myself,� said Adam.4

Weird Weekend 2003 - An Idea
Later that year in August of 2003 at the famous Weird Weekend, the CFZ’s yearly weekend conference of all things Cryptozoological, Fortean and Weird, there was talk of an expedition to Mongolia to follow up and hopefully prove Adam right!

So, over the course of the weekend and after several pints of ale, I had talked to Richard Freeman and somehow found myself on the expedition. In true CFZ style, nothing had been confirmed, but there was a rough plan for a three to four week expedition in May 2004, but with other projects and work commitments, this eventually turned into May 2005, and the rest as they say – is history!

`This page is still in progress - a draft copy if you like…

With visas, flights and transportation booked by early 2005, Cryptoworld decided to try and drum up some interest for the expedition. We didn’t want this to be another silent adventure in to the unknown!

By the last week of April, we had a website up and running and the London paper, the Metro was covering our story - we were ready! On the 29th April 2005, we set off from Heathrow, three and a half hours later we were in Moscow awaiting our connecting flight. Six hours of appalling duty-free rubbish, a few large glasses of Russian beer and another hour delay (for luck) later, saw us on a shuttle bus heading to the far end of the airport, where a small, silver Aeroflot jet awaited. Next stop Ulaan Baatar.

Who’s Who - The Team
[inspic=224,left,,thumb]Richard Freeman (expedition director) is one of Britain’s few professional cryptozoologists. His interest in unknown animals reaches back to his childhood and he has had a long and varied career working with exotic animals. After leaving school he worked as a zookeeper at Twycross Zoo in the Midlands where he became head curator of reptiles. During this time he bred many rare and endangered species. After leaving the zoo in 1990 he worked in several specialist pet shops and an animal sanctuary. All in all he has worked with over 400 species of animal. He has travelled extensively in East Africa, Europe and the US studying the native fauna. In 1996 he took a degree in zoology at Leeds University and afterwards, moved to Exeter to work full time at the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the UK’s only cryptozoological organisation. In October 2000 he visited the remote jungles, rivers, and caves of Northern Thailand in search of the Naga, a giant crested serpent said to lurk in the primal morasses of Indo-China, and explored deep caves never visited by Westerners before. In 2003 and 2004 he took part in expeditions to the mountains, valleys and jungles of West Sumatra, in search of the mystery ape orang-pendek. His interests include Doctor Who and other British television science fiction, collecting Batman comics, Forteana and gothic rock music. He is currently working on a book on dragon legends worldwide.

[inspic=73,left,,thumb]Dr Chris Clark, Born 9 months after VE day, I can claim to be among the first of the Baby Boomers. While working for a Ph.D. in astrophysics I was involved in studies of the first lunar samples brought back by Apollo 11. I have researched in solar astronomy and atomic physics before settling down to write engineering software. A childhood interest in cryptozoology led me to take expeditions to Sumatra in 2003 and 2004 in pursuit of orang pendek. In 2003 I also joined the first tour of Afghanistan for 25 years; after that experience, all other destinations should be easy!

[inspic=74,left,,thumb]Dave Churchill (photography, video and website administer) was born not far from the south coast of Dorset, and spent the first 16 years of his life on a small 100-acre farm in the shadow of Corfe Castle. It was here that he developed a fondness for all things bizarre, ghosts, weird stories, strange animals and UFOs. In the late ’80s he started researching UFOs and crop circles and joined the CCCS (Centre for Crop Circle Studies) and a local Dorset group researching strange sightings and reports along the south coast. In the early ’90s David started up his own research organisation called SPS (Strange Phenomena Studies). As the name suggests he no longer confined his interests to just ufology and Crop Circle Studies. In 1994 he organised a weekend sky-watch in conjunction with the first national event of its kind. A bedraggled David and friends sat up all night and were interviewed the following morning by the local radio, but unfortunately nothing conclusive was seen or reported over the weekend. SPS took a back seat when David moved to London in 1999 in search of streets paved with gold! Not finding the elusive gold streets, he now works for a global print/media company. But! With the increasing reports and sighting of strange animals around the UK and the rest of the world, David decided to offer his services to the CFZ.

[inspic=75,left,,thumb]Jon Hare, all we know is that he’s a journalist, fascinated with cryptozoology and likes a good adventure, so he will fit right in! Jon has been to Sumatra with Richard and Chris in 2003 and 2004 looking for the Orang Pendek.

Appendix

1. Fortean Times
2. Death Worm, by Adam Davies (Fortean Times 182 April 2004)
3. 1999-2000 by Eugen Karban
4. Death Worm, by Adam Davies (Fortean Times 182 April 2004)

http://cryptoworld.co.uk/projects/op...n-deathworm-2/

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The Mongolian Death Worm



The Mongolian Death Worm, known to Mongolia’s nomadic tribesmen as the allghoi khorkhoi (sometimes given as allerghoi horhai or olgoj chorchoj) or ‘intestine worm’ for its resemblance to a sort of living cow’s intestine. It is said to be red in colour, and is sometimes described as having darker spots or blotches, and sometimes said to bear spiked projections at both ends. They are said to be thick bodied and between 2 and 5 feet long.

The Mongolian Death Worm is said to inhabit the Southern Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The first reference in English to this remarkable beast appears in Professor Roy Chapman Andrews’ 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man, although the American palæontologist (apparently the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character) was not entirely convinced by the tales of the monster he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials: “None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all firmly believed in its existence and described it minutely.”

Czech Explorer Ivan Mackerle:
"Sausage-like worm over half a metre (20 inches) long, and thick as a man’s arm, resembling the intestine of cattle. Its tail is short, as [if] it were cut off, but not tapered. It is difficult to tell its head from its tail because it has no visible eyes, nostrils or mouth. Its colour is dark red, like blood or salami… It moves in odd ways – either it rolls around or squirms sideways, sweeping its way about. It lives in desolate sand dunes and in the hot valleys of the Gobi desert with saxaul plants underground. It is possible to see it only during the hottest months of the year, June and July; later it burrows into the sand and sleeps. It gets out on the ground mainly after the rain, when the ground is wet. It is dangerous, because it can kill people and animals instantly at a range of several metres."

The creature is reported to be able to spray an acid like substance that causes death instantly. It is also claimed that this creature has the ability to kill from a distance with some sort of super charged electrical charge. Numerous Mongolians have reported seeing this creature including a Mongolian Premier. The creature is reported to hibernate during most of the year except for June and July when it becomes active.

It is believed that touching any part of the worm will bring instant death, and its venom supposedly corrodes metal. Local folklore also tells of a predilection for the color yellow and local parasitic plants such as the Goyo. It is also believed that the worm likes to get out on the ground generally after the rain, when the ground is still wet.


Could it be a kind of land electric eel?
An Electric Eeel

Electric Eels are long worm like creatures and it is known to science that electric eels can generate electric disharges powerful enough to disable or kill prey.

Electric eels are not true eels, they are only eel-like in shape. Despite its name it is not an eel at all but rather a knifefish.

They tend to live on muddy bottoms in calm water and are obligate air-breathers; rising to the surface every 10 minutes or so, the animal will gulp air before returning to the bottom. Nearly 80% of the oxygen used by the fish is taken in this way. This indicates that it is a more likely candidate for having a variation that lives on land. However an environment like the Gobi Desert would seem particularily harsh for such a creature. However remember the local belief that "the worm likes to get out on the ground generally after the rain, when the ground is still wet".

Electrophorus electricus is famous for its ability to produce strong electrical currents, reaching 500-650 volts. This strong discharge is used to stun or kill prey. This electrical discharge is also used to ward off potential predators.

Up to 6,000 electroplates are arranged like a dry cell in the eel's body. Its internal organs are all in a small area behind the head, with 7/8 of the eel being tail. The electrical shocks come from muscles mainly in the tail portion of the electric eel's body. The body of an electric eel is similar to a battery. The tail end of the eel has a positive charge and the head region is negatively charged. When the eel touches its tail and head to other animals it sends electric shocks through their bodies. When the eel is at rest, there is no generation of electrical impulses.

Although all living creatures generate bio-electricity all known creatures that produce electricity useful for navigation, communication and for attack/defence are water dwelling creatures.

No known electric eels can emit poison.


Could it be a Spitting Snake?
Maybe the creature is a kind of spitting cobra.

Spitting cobras are extremely accurate at distances over 10 feet. When the cobra wants to "Spit" or "Spray" its venom at a threat, it "Hoods Up", aims its open mouth as specialized muscles contract the Venom Gland, forcing the Cobra's Venom out through it's fangs. The Cobra is well equipped to spray its painful venom directly into the eyes of potential trampling animals from a safe distance.

Snakes are wormlike shaped just like the reported "Mongolian Death Worm". Some spitting cobras are reddish in color-similar to reports about the Mongolian Death Worm.
A Red Spitting Cobra

Perhaps the stories about the electricity charges were made up or mistakes caused by the surprise of seeing the creature.


A Guardian ThoughtForm?
Could the Mongolian Death Worm be the result of a powerful thoughtform magickally created to protect secrets of a lost ancient civilization which once existed in the Gobi Desert? There could be as yet undiscovered, burial grounds, caves tunnels, magikal items, lost treasure, ancient scrolls and advanced technology which is being protected under the inhospitable sand and rocks of the Gobi Desert.


The Gobi Desert
Phonetically, the word Gobi means "very large and dry" in the Mongolian language. It occupies an arc of land 1,300,000 square km in area, making it one of the largest deserts in the world. Contrary to images often associated with a desert, much of the Gobi is not sandy but is covered with bare rock.

Theosophy Dictionary on Gobi Desert, Shamo Desert:
"Gobi or Shamo Desert A wild, arid region of mountains and sandy plains which was once fertile land and in part the site of a former inland sea or lake on which was the "Sacred Island" where the "Sons of Will and Yoga," the elect of the third root-race, took refuge when the daityas prevailed over the devas and humanity became black with sin. It has been called by the Chinese the Sea of Knowledge, and tradition says that the descendants of the holy refugees still inhabit an oasis "in the dreadful wildernesses of the great Desert of Gobi , now the fabled Sambhala" (SD 2:220). This region was transformed into a sea for the last time ten or twelve thousand years ago; a local cataclysm drained off the waters southward and westward, leaving the present conditions. It is also said that the events connected with the drying up of the Gobi region are associated with allegories of wars between the good and evil forces and the "systematic persecution of the Prophets of the Right Path by those of the Left" which led the world into materialistic forms of thought."

http://www.virtuescience.com/mongolian-death-worm.html

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A group of English scientists are spending a month in the Gobi desert in search of the Mongolian Death Worm, a fabled creature said to lurk in the sands of the hostile region. The three to five feet long long creature is known to the locals as Allghoi khorkhoi, Mongolian for intestine worm because it is reported to look like the intestine of a cow. Mongolian nomads have made extraordinary claims about the animal, reporting that the death worm can spit a corrosive yellow saliva that acts like acid and that they have the ability to generate blasts of electricity powerful enough to kill a full grown camel.




The Mongolian Death Worm is generally considered a cryptozoological creature, an animal whose existence is disputed and/or unconfirmed. To date there are no scientifically reliable sightings but the expedition's leader, cryptozologist Richard Freeman, hopes to prove once and for all whether this much feared beast of legend actually exists. The expedition, sponsored by the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CPZ), consists of Richard Freeman, cryptozoologist (35), Chris Clark, physicist (59), Jon Hare, science writer (29) and Dave Churchill, artist and designer (33). They will be accompanied by Mongolian guides and will attempt to flush the death worms up from their burrows by damming local streams and flooding small areas of the desert.

According to a press release from his group, Freeman has his own theory on the death worm: "I don't think that it's a worm at all. True worms need moisture. I think it is a limbless, burrowing reptile, probably a giant member of a group of reptiles known as amphisbaenas or worm lizards. These are a primitive group of poorly studied animals. They are not snakes or lizards but are related to both. I think the Death Worm is a giant member of this group."

Freeman believes the death worm's powers may be overstated. "It's like the salamander in medieval Europe, it was thought to be deadly poisonous. Alexander the Great was supposed to have lost hundreds of men after they drank from a stream that had a salamander living in it. But now we know it's harmless. Even today in the Sudan, people think that the harmless sand boa is so venomous that you only have to touch it and you will die."

The group are from the Exeter based Centre for Fortean Zoology, the world's only full time, scientific organization, dedicated to the study of mystery animals. Past expeditions have included hunts for the Chupacabra, a blood drinking, nocturnal beast from Puerto Rico, the Naga, a 60 foot crested serpent in the jungles and caves of Thailand, and Orang-pendek, an ape man in the unexplored valleys of Sumatra.

You can see updates on the progress of the death worm expedition at cryptoworld.co.uk

This report used information and quotes from the CPZ press release found at http://cryptoworld.co.uk/2005/04/24/cfz-press-release/

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Two years after the search of Extreme expeditions, a team of CFZ (Center for fortean zoology) decided to return to explore the south Gobi, firmly decided to capture a worm to show its to science. They again trusted e-Mongol and his experience of conduit of expeditions, to guide them in the desolated zones where the animal was already seen. In order to multiply their chances of capture, they made distribute to the stockbreeders of these zones by e-Mongol before their arrival a leaflet promising reward against the capture of a dead or alive worm!



Artist view of the worm by our friend painter Jargalan

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Allghoi Khorhoi team.JPG (123318 octets) The 8 team members left Ulaanbaatar the 1st of may, 2005 for a one month expedition.



From left to rigth : Byamba (e-Mongol CEO) , Togoo (driver), Tulga (cook), Jonathan Hare, Christopher Clark, Dave Churchill, Richard Freeman, Bilgee (guide) and Davaa (driver).



The expedition exited from the desert and came back safely in Ulaanbaatar the 26 th of may without having found the mythic beast. But the team has accumulated an important collection of similar reports from eyewitnesses that have increased their belief that it does exist a kind of worm-lizard or snake in the deep sands of south Gobi.

http://www.e-mongol.com/travel_exped...thworm2005.htm

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Two years after the search of Extreme expeditions, a team of CFZ (Center for fortean zoology) decided to return to explore the south Gobi, firmly decided to capture a worm to show its to science. They again trusted e-Mongol and his experience of conduit of expeditions, to guide them in the desolated zones where the animal was already seen. In order to multiply their chances of capture, they made distribute to the stockbreeders of these zones by e-Mongol before their arrival a leaflet promising reward against the capture of a dead or alive worm!



Artist view of the worm by our friend painter Jargalan

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Allghoi Khorhoi team.JPG (123318 octets) The 8 team members left Ulaanbaatar the 1st of may, 2005 for a one month expedition.



From left to rigth : Byamba (e-Mongol CEO) , Togoo (driver), Tulga (cook), Jonathan Hare, Christopher Clark, Dave Churchill, Richard Freeman, Bilgee (guide) and Davaa (driver).



The expedition exited from the desert and came back safely in Ulaanbaatar the 26 th of may without having found the mythic beast. But the team has accumulated an important collection of similar reports from eyewitnesses that have increased their belief that it does exist a kind of worm-lizard or snake in the deep sands of south Gobi.

http://www.e-mongol.com/travel_exped...thworm2005.htm

Wuih gede banget, berarti udah ada dari zaman Genghis Khan ya?