Muzarella Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 My wife found on the garden wall..and killed...before showing me and taking pictures...About 60 centimeters long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzarella Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Correction....was killed AFTER taking the pictures....and was not a centipedes...more like a baby snake from other planet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) bipalium worm, not a snake Edited July 17, 2015 by manarak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Looks like it may have been in process of molting...shedding skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 ... or hammerhead worm, not a snake at all. No need to kill it, but that's the Thai way. If you can't eat it, kill it because it's useless. If you can eat it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Yeuch.... Odd looking thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) What makes people want to kill another living creature...because it looks different? a help out to leave the immediate area or let it make it's own way off might be worth considering, it was just going for a "meander" on a wall and it got executed for doing so. Edited July 18, 2015 by dotpoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOLEEBER Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I've lived in the rice fields here for 13 years and never seen one but the wife is familiar with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium Looks like there's no reason to kill them except they prey on earthworms. We need all the earthworms we can get here to improve the soil in the garden so I think I'll kill them if I see one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarrTV Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 This oddity is an Arrow-Headed Flatworm, one of the Planaria, and we believe it is Bipalium kewensis. According to Charles Hogue in his landmark book Insects of the Los Angeles Basin: “the species was discovered in 1878 in the greenhouses of Kew Gardens near London, hence its scientific name. It has a wide distribution in warm climates. It needs a moist habitat and it is usually encountered near outdoor water faucets, where the soil often remains wet. It original home is unknown but is possibly the Indo-Malayan region. … These are benign creatures — they do not damage plants or cause any medical problems.” We suspect that populations of this species get established in new locations when plants are purchased from nurseries. From WhatsThatBug?.com Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 A failed attempt at cloning Donald Trump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennypowers Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) I've lived in the rice fields here for 13 years and never seen one but the wife is familiar with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium Looks like there's no reason to kill them except they prey on earthworms. We need all the earthworms we can get here to improve the soil in the garden so I think I'll kill them if I see one. No need. Just leave Mother Nature alone and the environment balances itself perfectly. Killing an abundance of one species has a terrible knock-on effect for the entire ecosystem. When will humans learn. Such a dumb species. Edited July 18, 2015 by kennypowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey4u Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 What makes people want to kill another living creature...because it looks different? a help out to leave the immediate area or let it make it's own way off might be worth considering, it was just going for a "meander" on a wall and it got executed for doing so. I tried your way with brother inlaw It didn't work Maybe a big stick will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSF Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Ugly thing but I wouldn't kill it, would just let it continue it's journey along the garden wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I've lived in the rice fields here for 13 years and never seen one but the wife is familiar with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium Looks like there's no reason to kill them except they prey on earthworms. We need all the earthworms we can get here to improve the soil in the garden so I think I'll kill them if I see one. No need. Just leave Mother Nature alone and the environment balances itself perfectly. Killing an abundance of one species has a terrible knock-on effect for the entire ecosystem. When will humans learn. Such a dumb species. I agree leave her alone. I had a green lizard appear in the bathroom last night. He came down onto the tiled part and did not move for some time which is unusual. They usually scurry away fast. I try and encourage them to come as they clean up on the insects inside my unit. He was a beautiful green with ruby red eyes. I nudged him gently and he did not move poor buggar was dead. They must be highly susceptible to household cleaners etc.which I try to keep to a minimum. We also had a beautiful green preying mantis fly in the other day. I gently encouraged him to crawl onto a newspaper and set him down out on the balcony and flew away. We must respect God's creatures even poisonous snakes they all served a purpose in the past and will long after we are gone. Unfortunately the tigers, lions, gorillias and sharks are in decline and might not make it. About 10,000 species go extinct every year. I wonder what year our number will be up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Very few poisonous snakes in the world. Species go extinct....so what? Others evolve and possibly our fate as well. That's the way of nature with or without human interaction. Charlie Darwin found this out quite a while ago.....I believe he made a few notes on the phenomena.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Very few poisonous snakes in the world. Species go extinct....so what? Others evolve and possibly our fate as well. That's the way of nature with or without human interaction. Charlie Darwin found this out quite a while ago.....I believe he made a few notes on the phenomena.. There are almost no poisonous snakes. Cobras, vipers, mambas are not poisonous. You can eat them quite safely. They are, however, venomous and quite capable of killing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALFREDO Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Correction....was killed AFTER taking the pictures....and was not a centipedes...more like a baby snake from other planet... You should teach her not to kill everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Very few poisonous snakes in the world. Species go extinct....so what? Others evolve and possibly our fate as well. That's the way of nature with or without human interaction. Charlie Darwin found this out quite a while ago.....I believe he made a few notes on the phenomena.. There are almost no poisonous snakes. Cobras, vipers, mambas are not poisonous. You can eat them quite safely. They are, however, venomous and quite capable of killing. But I do prefer we go seperate ways without the need for antagonism. My wife likes to eat em if they are big enough. I do my best to discourage her. If only Thais would learn to like to eat mosquito ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Maybe someone could look at importing rattlesnake as a food supply./ hobby etc out in the wild they dine on rats, mice, etc so do help get rid of some of the grain eating varmints. They are not agressive as such but if stepped on , provoked, can/will srike and it can quite painful. few deaths are attributed to rattlesnake bite and there is antivenomous agents avaliable. the meat is quite good right off the BBQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I've lived in the rice fields here for 13 years and never seen one but the wife is familiar with them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium Looks like there's no reason to kill them except they prey on earthworms. We need all the earthworms we can get here to improve the soil in the garden so I think I'll kill them if I see one. No need. Just leave Mother Nature alone and the environment balances itself perfectly. Killing an abundance of one species has a terrible knock-on effect for the entire ecosystem. When will humans learn. Such a dumb species. I agree leave her alone. I had a green lizard appear in the bathroom last night. He came down onto the tiled part and did not move for some time which is unusual. They usually scurry away fast. I try and encourage them to come as they clean up on the insects inside my unit. He was a beautiful green with ruby red eyes. I nudged him gently and he did not move poor buggar was dead. They must be highly susceptible to household cleaners etc.which I try to keep to a minimum. We also had a beautiful green preying mantis fly in the other day. I gently encouraged him to crawl onto a newspaper and set him down out on the balcony and flew away. We must respect God's creatures even poisonous snakes they all served a purpose in the past and will long after we are gone. Unfortunately the tigers, lions, gorillias and sharks are in decline and might not make it. About 10,000 species go extinct every year. I wonder what year our number will be up? Do you feel this way about Thai MPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surin steve Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I would kill it because it looks like the thing they used to put up your dick at the crap clinic,very bad memories !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Very few poisonous snakes in the world. Species go extinct....so what? Others evolve and possibly our fate as well. That's the way of nature with or without human interaction. Charlie Darwin found this out quite a while ago.....I believe he made a few notes on the phenomena.. BS pseudoscience.Populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish have declined on average by 52 per cent in the last 40 years. I don't see nature inventing even one new species over that time scale. Anyway you got hold of the wrong end of the sticK: what this planet needs is the extiction of human beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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