Location of discovery: Mars
Source: Gigapan (coming in a few days)
I found this strange creature with tentacles in a Mars photo today. The animal has an exoskeleton and looks like a cross between a scorpion and a tortoise. Also there is a lot of white fungus like growth in the area. I believe that this animal may live off the liquid inside these fungus tubes. 15 years ago I found a color photo of the Mars rover and its deep tracks behind it. Behind the rover in the tracks I saw a single white fungus plant, broken off at the point the rover cut through it. It had a straw like opening and a white liquid was driving down from it and streaming into the tracks 3 inches below. The tracks were deep in the dirt...about 3 inches...which is unusual and thats why I took a look at the tracks and found it. I did not record the photo URL so it is still lost...out there. I believe this animal is eating the white liquid inside those fungus plants.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan