Tim captioned the clip, "My mother found these on the kitchen floor this morning. One is still alive. Anyone know what they are? Nikki is horrified and will have nightmares for weeks!"

He's gotten hundreds of responses, but unfortunately, none of them definitively answer him. The most popular guess was baby rats, but these creatures are too small to be rats. Other people suggested deformed mice and miniature bats. Finally, some experts weighed in, but they were just as baffled as the rest of us.

An entomology team from Biosecurity New Zealand surmised they are the detached legs of a moth, stating, "They suggest that something [possibly a cat] had just recently eaten the body of the moth, which may explain why a few of the legs were still twitching."

Meanwhile, another insect expert felt they are possibly rat-tailed maggots.

As yet, the creatures haven't been conclusively identified.