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Old 10-05-2013, 11:13 AM   #1
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Oct 6th, 2013 Bobbit Worm

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This is Eunice aphroditois, also known as the bobbit worm, a mix between the Mongolian death worm, the Graboids from Tremors, the Bugs from Starship Troopers, and a rainbow — but it’s a really dangerous rainbow, like in Mario Kart. And it hunts in pretty much the most nightmarish way imaginable, digging itself into the sea floor, exposing a few inches of its body — which can grow to 10 feet long — and waiting.


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Using five antennae, the bobbit worm senses passing prey, snapping down on them with supremely muscled mouth parts, called a pharynx. It does this with such speed and strength that it can split a fish in two. And that, quite frankly, would be a merciful exit. If you survive initially, you get to find out what it’s like to be yanked into the worm’s burrow and into untold nightmares.
There's disagreement over whether it was named for Lorena or not.

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Old 10-05-2013, 11:19 AM   #2
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Not a fan of octopus though.
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Old 10-05-2013, 07:38 PM   #3
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Old 10-08-2013, 06:05 AM   #4
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Man that thing moves fast!

I wonder what that Octopus said to it to be kicked back out?
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Old 10-08-2013, 12:03 PM   #5
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Old 10-08-2013, 12:21 PM   #6
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Old 10-08-2013, 01:03 PM   #7
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Man that thing moves fast!

I wonder what that Octopus said to it to be kicked back out?
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Old 10-09-2013, 12:53 PM   #8
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Man that thing moves fast!

I wonder what that Octopus said to it to be kicked back out?

Well, they bite.
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