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Subject: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Stu posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 2:05pm  'Farrier would not say if the pair discovered evidence of the fantastical creature as they were not revealing too much until the documentary was complete.' I'm agape with shock. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 6:13pm  Hometown Tales did a theme show on MDW and I've got just one thing to say to those who say it's "impossible"..... Velvet Worm. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Adder posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 6:29pm  i think there's a better chance it's a red spitting cobra or snake Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 9:07pm  My point in mentioning the velvet worm is that, well, the velvet worm is predatory, spits venom, has "pseudo-legs". Then there's that worm that lives in volcanic ash which I can't remember the name of and that worm that you can actually hear under the ground beneath you... Strange things are out there, even under the ground. It may be a cobra, it may be an actual type of worm. But there are "worms" out there that can do everything the Death Worm is said to be able to do. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Adder posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 10:18pm  except shoot lightning, and i never heard of an acid spitting worm Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Mon, Sep 14 2009, 11:10pm  "except shoot lightning" Electric Eel. Yes, I know they live in water and they're not worms, but they do wield electricity as a weapon. "acid spitting worm" the Velvet Worm can. Well, it's chemically far more similar to the glue the Ancient Romans used to make their armor (which is more WTF IMO) but they can still shoot it as far as 30 cm. Especially cool because they are tiny, in at 0.5 to 20 cm. And becides, some cobras can spit their venom. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Adder posted Tue, Sep 15 2009, 9:32am  i knew about the cobra which is why i thought they would be the best answer but i didn't know that a velvet worm can spit chemicals that far Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Tue, Sep 15 2009, 2:49pm  Nature's amazing. Also, for the record, I'm not saying the Death Worm is exactly what people say it is. I'm just saying that everything they say it can do is possible. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: EastTxSwamp posted Fri, Sep 18 2009, 10:18am  In my opinion, producing conductive electricity in an aquatic environment is nowhere near the same thing as shooting lightning. Hell, I can generate electricity, too, if I walk across a carpet on a cool, dry morning. And my spit is a corrosive chemical, primarily used to start the digestive process of food digestion. Acidic maybe, but not acid. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Fri, Sep 18 2009, 3:45pm  We also have to keep in mind that the telephone game may be at work. It could very well be a sort of under ground spitting cobra thats been exaggerated. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: mysticete posted Thu, Sep 17 2009, 10:36am  Except that Velvet Worms are only found in moist tropical environments, environments not really found in Mongolia. Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Thu, Sep 17 2009, 4:47pm  There's a worm that lives in volcanic ash... Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Vila posted Thu, Sep 17 2009, 4:49pm  The Palouse I think they're called... Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: RangerDoug posted Thu, Sep 24 2009, 7:39am  Back in my Intro to Electomagnetism class I recall we did an exercise where we calculated the arc from a 10,000 volt power line and it ended up being around 10 - 12 feet. So anything shooting lightning from its rectum would have to possess incredible electrical potential to make it even a few feet through the air with appreciable current for an effective shock. If it sprayed a conducting fluid to reduce the dielectric properties of several feet of air the potential could be much less but would still have to be substantial to arc over that distance. -Doug Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Guodzilla posted Sat, Sep 26 2009, 12:57pm  Why does "Mongolian Death Worm" sound like the name of a Grunge Rockband? (Skritches head, then heads for the mosh pit) ;-) Subject: Re: Mongolian death worm hunters return with film but no creature From: Rangoon posted Mon, Oct 5 2009, 2:08pm  They have met the cryptozoological standard. What's wrong with normative behavior Stu?

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