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The Bobbit Worm Chronicles: One man’s epic battle against the sea’s creepiest crawly When Don Arndt discovered he had a bobbit worm in his aquarium, he knew it needed to go — what followed was a saga ...
The bobbit worm is a gorgeous creature, but striking and deadly. It slices fish in two using its retractable mandibles or its razor-sharp jaws.
The bobbit worm, also known by its scientific name Eunice aphroditois, is a segmented worm species in the phylum Annelida. This animal family includes roughly 22,000 species of earthworms, leeches ...
Even if the soft tissues of a worm fossilized instead of quickly rotting away, a preserved bobbit worm would provide information about morphology but probably not behavior.
The Bobbit worms, along with other fascinating ocean creatures, were part of the debut of Blue Planet II, the long-awaited sequel to the beloved 2001 BBC series Blue Planet.
20-million-year-old tunnels unearthed in Taiwan may have been home to creatures that ambushed prey similar to today’s monstrous bobbit worms.
Bobbit worms explode out of tunnels on the ocean floor to ambush prey. According to a new study, these worms had 6-foot-long carnivorous ancestors that burrowed under the Pacific Ocean.
Scientists think they have discovered the undersea lair of a giant predatory worm that lived on the ocean floor some 20 million years ago and would pounce on unsuspecting marine creatures.
Bobbit: The sinister sea creature that left Blue Planet 2 viewers terrified All you need to know about the 'giant carnivorous worm with jaws as sharp as daggers' ...
This unsettling creature is called Eunice aphroditois, or colloquially the Bobbit worm. These critters can grow up to three meters long and have pincers capable of slicing its (sometimes larger ...
Bobbit worm discovered in Woking It is believed the Bobbit worm got into the tank in a piece of live rock and had been living off cockles and shrimp as no fish had gone missing.