Talk:Mongolian death worm

message: :Certainly, but if this is made up, it's not by the imaginations of Wikipedians. The MDW is probably bogus, but then, so is a lot of cryptozoology. Since we can expect more incredulity on account of the "Death" in the name (woo-oo, it's the Worm of Death!) I'll expand the article somewhat. And I'm removing the stub status, because there really isn't a whole lot more to tell between the sources (who are mainly just parroting each other. --Anonymous
I've read about it on other sites so it wasn't made up by wikipedians. Also, 'Death Worm' is a nickname. You could call a rattlesnake 'death serpent' but that doesn't automaticly make it fake. --Bobman110
I agree, i am a true believer in the mongolian death worm. and the name death worm will be explained if you read the page.
--WurmRider  — Preceding unsigned comment added by WurmRider (talk • contribs) 17:22, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  They can make it up faster than we can delete it 

message: Could Frank Herbert have patterned the sandworms in the Dune novels from this legendary creature?
I'm decently certain that they served for inspiration for the Graboids in Tremors  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.129.172.65 (talk) 10:55, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to give a citation for that. That is, show that the MDW was definitely the inspiration. For instance, if Herbert said so in an interview. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inspiration for Dune Sandworm 

message: I suggest removing the illustration. This shows a segmented worm, which the MDW certainly is not. All the eye-witness accounts describe a reptile-like creature: if you want an image, use a large salami. An artists impression was removed from the orang pendek article on the grounds that one person's imaginative view of a creature was not verifiable information: the same rule should apply more strongly to an inaccurate image. Incidentally, if the MDW is bogus, a great many Mongolians over a very wide area are consistent liars.
:I agree the image is a bit confusing given the apparent confusion over reptile/worm nature of the MDW. It appears to be a non-notable user-created image created specifically for Wikipedia. Anyone disagree with its removal?--ZayZayEM (talk) 11:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illustration 

message: I am not a hippie, dude.I just believe in world peace!
Anyway, why don't they just like, totally add up all the stories and get an illustration out of that? Huh?
Ahem, I do believe that at one point in either this talk page or the article itself that the illustration is the interpretation of the MDW by someone who's name I forget (if I remember it I'll edit this thing myself). And why don't you take you're own advice and draw up your own illustration based on the descriptions and post it on the site? Snick! (talk) 23:15, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am not a hippie, Dude(ette?)! 

message: Why does the spelling of such an arcane subject matter so much?
Hey, my warranty didn't run out after all! 00:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does it matter to you so much why it matters so much (not that it does)? - DavidWBrooks 00:48, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why? 

message: Why are we, like, actually discussing something that is so, totally irrelevant to the subject of the Mongolian death-worm? I mean, like, who cares about the spelling of something with the name of 'deathworm' when it isn't really a worm, although I do like some of the suggestions that that person made, like DethWurm being German or something.:)
: I have never before seen somebody start a thought in April and come back to finish it in October. Perhaps in 2008, you can sign it. - DavidWBrooks 00:18, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Like, ''hello?'' 

message: I removed citation needed tag that was next to the claim that the worm is attracted to the color yellow, as it is said in Destination Truth. Maddra (talk) 14:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you misunderstand the concept of citation--ZayZayEM (talk) 11:34, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed Citation Needed 

message: If "Mongolian Death Worm" is the alternate name of that novel - which is the explanation given for putting it in the very prominent "for ... see" link at the top of the article - then why doesn't it say that in the article about Spook Country? I still think that the "see also" link at the bottom is sufficient, but I won't change it again. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 11:27, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a case of linking to a related topic as such, but of disambiguation. The novel does not have any mongolian death worms in it, and the novel article is of trivial relevance to this one. The purpose of the hatnote is to guide readers who type "Mongolian Death Worm" into the search field looking for a 2008 postmodern science fiction detective novel by the author of Neuromancer and find themselves at a page describing a blood-filled intestinal cryptid. They are looking for the novel, and should be directed there; this is ordinary Wikipedia practice - see for example the hatnote at scar tissue. The reason there is not a hatnote at Spook Country linking here is that nobody who is looking for information on blood-filled intestinal cryptids will type "Spook Country" into a search engine to find it. Regards, Skomorokh 11:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, that's straightforward ("Hatnote" - after all these years, I find out what they're called!) My question is: If the alternate book name is so prominent that people are likely to be confused when searching for the book, why isn't that name even mentioned in the article about the book - not as a hatnote, but as a sentence in the article? - DavidWBrooks (talk) 12:00, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it's a terribly shoddy article in desperate need of repair (it should look like this). Sounds like an opportunity. Skomorokh 12:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I haven't read it, I can't - but if you have, and could place a mention of the "worm" in Spook Country, it would be great. The issue is people like me who see the hatnote and are curious about it and click through, only to get even more puzzled because there's no connection. Then (like me) they end up killing off the hatnote because it seems like a mistake! - DavidWBrooks (talk) 12:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perfectly understandable, I'll see if I can find a source and add it to the SC article. Thanks for your helpful and courteous discussion on this matter, a novel occurrence in these times. Skomorokh 13:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Great! We don't want to baffle the vast hordes of readers who come to this wonderful article, after all! - DavidWBrooks (talk) 13:08, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spook Country 

message: I read the article this morning, and from there already have found some more knowledge, apparently something important is how the sightings have all been in the gobi desert during the summer, it's possible it's all heatstroke. I usually like to believe in cryptids but a 5 foot worm that shoots poison and electrocutes people just seems to horrifying to be anything more than a mirage.Spinningfox (talk) 19:44, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but I think it sounds more realistic than fire-breathing dragons and birds made of fires. 70.96.13.200 (talk) 14:43, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mongolian Death Worm sightings

message: This "worm" is also mentioned in issue 1074 of 2000AD (dated 23rd of December, 1997.) The story is called Vector 13 and it names the worm "Mongolian Death Worm" as well as "Allergorhai-Horhai". The story itself deals with Russians finding these things at the end of the Soviet-Afghan war.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.181.212 Trelard (talk) 04:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Allergorhai-Horhai

message: "Olgoi" is used to describe large tube shaped elastic hollow things. Appendix is called "olgoi". Inner rubber tubes of tires are also called "olgoi". Temur (talk) 03:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Olgoi is large intestine?

message: :mn:Олгой хорхой? Newone (talk) 08:35, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Olgoi khorkhoi - large intestine worm...-kelapstick(bainuu)  03:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mnwiki 

message: No more comments  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.120.172.238 (talk) 15:59, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The Iberian Worm Lizard is about six inches long and lives only in Spain. What point are you trying to make? Sophie means wisdom (talk) 16:03, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Look to Amphisbaenidae Blanus cinereus 

message: The Animal Planet cable television channel made a video about this cryptid, presumably in a series about cryptids.
Here is the link:
http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/other/videos/freak-encounters-mongolian-death-worm.htm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6014:1C:74CD:4FFE:CFE:2330 (talk) 16:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any disagreement about spelling in the story - they're all "death worm" - DavidWBrooks (talk) 01:03, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animal Planet video 

message: Gaijin Goomba did a video where he suggests that Twinmold from Majora's Mask is based on the Death Worm. Nintendo haven't said anything about it either way though. I'm not sure if it warrents mentioning or not as a result. I'll post the video as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un1iv1Ws5XU
69.178.81.11 (talk) 11:03, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Majora's Mask 

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message: Under 'Mentions, investigations', the second and third bulleted paragraphs refer to
:"A joint expedition in 2005 by the Centre for Fortean Zoology and E-Mongol . . . ."
and
:"In 2005, zoological journalist Richard Freeman mounted an expedition . . . ."
respectively. Since Richard Freeman has long been a leading member of the CFZ, this must surely be a duplication of the same event – only one Mongolian expedition is listed on the CFZ website.
Re the clarification request about "E-Mongol" – Freeman in his 2005 Expedition Report (http://www.cfz.org.uk/expeditions/dw/dwrep.htm here) describes e-mongol.com as ". . . the company with whom we were travelling." {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.220.212.253 (talk) 20:57, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplication of entries 

message: The SYFY channel aired a made-for-television movie entitled Mongolian Death Worm in 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_Death_Worm_(film) 2601:89:C701:9190:9089:70B3:33A7:F85D (talk)
:Added. Thanks - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:42, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV Movie