One cryptid creature that has long been the target of the game and Cryptozoologist is Mongolian Death Worm . Mongolian Death Worm , or Mongolian nomadic tribes used to call khorkhoi allghoi , is the same species of earthworms , but has a very large size and live in the Gobi Desert , approximately south of Mongolia , as quoted from forum.viva.co.id
According to several witnesses who claimed to have seen , this creature has a length of about 1-1.5 meters , but some say can reach 2-5 meters in size . Mongolian Death Worm body physically resembles a cow intestines , blood red , and sometimes described as having dark spots or blotches .
According to several witnesses who claimed to have seen , this creature has a length of about 1-1.5 meters , but some say can reach 2-5 meters in size . Mongolian Death Worm body physically resembles a cow intestines , blood red , and sometimes described as having dark spots or blotches .
As the name implies , Mongolian Death Worm is said to be a deadly creature . This creature can give thought to contain toxic acid corrodes metal and supposedly had an electric shock that can easily knock down prey or bothering anyone . According to local people , Mongolian Death Worm like local parasitic plants such as the Goyo .
Description Mongolian Death WormThe first references about this creature appears in the book Professor Roy Chapman Andrews ( 1926) , On the Trail of Ancient Man . Even so , he was not entirely convinced by the stories he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials , "No one who had seen the creature , but they all are very confident with the existence of the creature and described it accurately . "
An explorer of the Czech Republic , Ivan Mackerle , describing the Mongolian Death Worm :
" ... Like a sausage with a length of more than half a meter ( 20 inches ) and the thickness of a human arm , like a cow intestines . Its tail is short , like a cut . Difficult to describe because it looks like his head has no eyes , nose or mouth . The color is dark red , like blood or salami ... It moves in strange ways . Either by rolling or squirming sideways , with the sweep . Creatures that live in remote sand dunes and in the hot valleys of the Gobi desert underground in the plants Saxaul . He was only seen during the hottest months , June and July , then the other months it burrow into the sand and sleep . He often came out of the ground , especially after rain , when the soil is wet . This creature is very dangerous because it can kill people and animals instantly within a few feet . "
Mongolian Death Worm and CryptozoologiDescription of the Mongolian Death Worm is very confusing . moreover, the ability to belch acid and had an electric shock .
Could the Mongolian Death Worm is a type of electric eel ?Electric eel may have a shape similar to a worm , yet he still eel . Electric eel can produce powerful enough electricity to paralyze or kill their prey .
Electric eel Electrophorus electricus called latin famous for its ability to produce an electric current is very strong , reaching 500-650 volts . It is enough to make unconscious or kill their prey . However , it seems like the Gobi desert environment is not suitable habitat with electric eels . Moreover , electric eels do not have the ability to belch acid .
Could the Mongolian Death Worm is a kind of snake ?Maybe the kind of creature that spits cobra . Red Spitting Cobra is a species of cobra that looks reddish color and is similar to the description of the Mongolian Death Worm . Cobra venom can be painful squirting directly into the animal 's eyes .
And what about the electric shock ?
Maybe the stories about the electric shock was made because of errors caused by shock saw this cobra .
Rakasasa worms , Could the Mongolian Death Worm ?Some of us may still doubt the veracity of the Mongolian Death Worm , but do not rule out the possibility that there are species of worms that is larger than we imagine .
In Brazil have discovered a giant worm called Minhocucu ( rhinodrilus ) by the locals . This worm can grow easily up to half a meter in length . In South Africa people know the type of family Microchaetidae worms that can grow up to one meter .
The following type of worm is a worm with a larger size . This worm comes from a family Megascolecidae . This type is known to grow up to a length of 2.4 meters with a thickness of 24 millimeters .
Search Mongolian Death WormIvan Mackerle the Czech Republic is the head of the team that has been looking for a Mongolian Death Worm three times . During the second expedition , Mackerle trying to lure the creature out of the desert using explosives , but it did not work . He returned in 2004 and this time using low - flying techniques to get a big picture of the desert, but this expedition also failed to get the signs Mongolian Death Worm in the camera .
The scientists and amateur researchers interested in the idea of a creature that has been reported by the Mongolian nomads for hundreds of years . Probably only a matter of time before one of the evidence revealed to the public.