The bobbit worm is an ambush predator that hides in burrows and silently ambushes unsuspecting fish as soon as its five sensory antennae detect them looming. It slices its prey into two before ...

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 ...

Not to toot my own horn, but I know a thing or two about bizarre animals. And I can tell you without a hint of doubt that the bobbit worm is by far the most bizarre. Growing to 10 feet long, the ...

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 ...

The bobbit worm, or sand striker (Eunice aphroditois), is an aquatic predatory bristle worm that ranges from 4 inches to 10 feet in length and lives in burrows it creates in the ocean floor.

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' ...

These monster worms may have been ancestors of trap-jawed modern Bobbit worms (Eunice aphroditois), which also hide in burrows under the ocean floor and can grow to be 10 feet (3 meters) long ...

This unsettling creature is called Eunice aphroditois, or colloquially the Bobbit worm. These critters can grow up to three meters long and have pincers. Skip to content Gizmodo. Search .

Rare Bobbit worm found in at aquatics shop in Woking At first glance this picture looks like a scene from a horror movie. In fact this slime-covered three-and-a-half-foot worm is a discovery made ...