A man living in the Caribbean country, Saint Lucia, recently posted the below video of a strange, alien-like creature to twitter asking “Anybody know what this is?” And the answer is apparently ...

The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 metres long, produces neurotoxins that can kill both crabs and cockroaches. This has been shown in a new study conducted by ...

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The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 metres long, produces neurotoxins that can kill both crabs and cockroaches. This has been shown in a new study conducted by ...

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Watch as this ribbon worm, also called a Nemertea, goes after a human hand. Ribbon worms have mouthpieces curled up just above their guts, according to Science Alert. When the worm hunts, it shoots ...

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Most of us are familiar with the segmented worms we see on sidewalks after a rain, in compost piles, or at the end of a fishhook. But there are other worms out there, and they get a lot bigger than a ...