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The Mongolian death worm ((モンゴル語:олгой-хорхой), ''olgoi-khorkhoi'', "large intestine worm") is an alleged creature reported to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is generally considered a cryptid, an animal whose sightings and reports are disputed or unconfirmed. It is described as a bright red worm with a wide body that is long.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Mongolian Death Worm )〕 The worm is the subject of a number of claims by Mongolian locals, such as the ability of the worm to spew forth an acid that, on contact, will turn anything it touches yellow and corroded (and which would kill a human); and the ability to kill at a distance by means of electric discharge.〔〔 Though natives of the Gobi have long told tales of the ''olgoi-khorkhoi'', the creature first came to Western attention as a result of Professor Roy Chapman Andrews's 1926 book ''On the Trail of Ancient Man''. The US paleontologist was not convinced by the tales of the monster that he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials: "None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all firmly believed in its existence and described it minutely."〔〔 ==Appearance== The worms are purportedly between long, and thick-bodied.〔 In his book ''"On the Trail of Ancient Man"'' (1926), Roy Chapman Andrews (an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History) cites Mongolian Prime Minister Damdinbazar who in 1922 described the worm ''allergorhai-horhai'': "It is shaped like a sausage about two feet long, has no head nor leg and it is so poisonous that merely to touch it means instant death. It lives in the most desolate parts of the Gobi Desert…" In 1932, Andrews published this information again in the book ''"The New Conquest of Central Asia"'', adding: "It is reported to live in the most arid, sandy regions of the western Gobi". Andrews didn't believe that the animal was real. Czech cryptozoologist Ivan Mackerle in his book ''"Mongolské záhady"'' (2001) described the animal from second-hand reports as a "sausage-like worm over half a metre (20 inches) long, and thick as a man's arm, resembling the intestine of cattle. Its skin serves as an exoskeleton, molting whenever hurt. Its tail is short, as if it were cut off, but not tapered. It is difficult to tell its head from its tail because it has no visible eyes, nostrils or mouth. Its colour is dark red, like blood or salami... " 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mongolian death worm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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