2015年4月9日 · But the marine annelids known as polychaete worms, which have bristles made of chitin, are an entirely different story. “There’s an enormous, terrifically huge diversity of those kinds of...

From parasitic invaders to predators with nightmarish abilities, these terrifying worms are sure to make your skin crawl. The bobbit worm is a fearsome marine predator that burrows into the …

2012年9月3日 · At the very bottom of the ocean, there are cracks in the sea floor through which methane spews out of the torture chamber in the middle of the earth, a phenomenon that scientists refer to as "hell's farts" (or they should, at least).

2024年4月8日 · The bobbit worm's most distinct features are its five antennae protruding from its eyeless head and its wide mouth, lined with razor-sharp jaws that can snap prey in half. The worm will catch and kill its food by burrowing deep into sediment on the ocean floor, with only its sensitive bristles uncovered to detect movement.

2024年11月18日 · Scientists were dazzled after discovering an iridescent, bristled sea worm that is being compared to an aquatic “toilet scrubber.” The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute recently shared a video...

2024年6月15日 · Bizarre and sometimes dangerous marine worms represent genuine monstrosities in animal form. These creatures can display the worst possible combination of being slimy and “toothy”. Prepare for a science fiction-turned-reality journey into the weird and wild world of water worms that slither and chomp their way through ocean life. 10.

2018年11月20日 · Included in the catch from a deep-sea trawling expedition was a sight most people never see in the wild: a wriggling worm that lives in the deep, dark ocean, where little light penetrates. The footage was shared on Twitter by Roman Fedortsov - who gained social media acclaim for photos of some of his eerie deep-sea catches.

2018年11月21日 · Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov has a habit of pulling ghoulish and bizarre creatures from the deep sea. And his recent trawl did not disappoint: Fedortsov recently captured an eerily "smiling"...

2020年11月13日 · The appearance of these creatures isn’t the only thing about them that will take you aback. These arthropods have what’s known as a proboscis: a type of elongated appendage that they use to suck up their food, slurping up energy by “sucking” nutrient-packed fluids out of sea jellies, worms and more.

2024年9月12日 · From fish with razor-sharp teeth to translucent monsters with glowing lures, the deep sea is home to creatures that seem ripped from the pages of a horror novel. Yet these animals are very real, having evolved to survive in one of …