Monday, 23 July 2012

Flatworm species with 60 eyes discovered in Britain



Flatworm

A flatworm with 50 to 60 eyes has been discovered at a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire. The odd little critter is potentially a new, undescribed species.


Brian Eversham, chief executive of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, found the flatworm in the Shepreth L nature reserve. "I was taking wildlife pictures one Sunday morning and turned over a log to reveal this rather cute flatworm," said Eversham.


By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/23/flatworm-with-60-eyes

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