"bone-eating snot-flower"

Message Bookmarked
Bookmark Removed
'Zombie worms' found off Sweden

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

I just wanted to see "bone-eating snot-flower" on the New Answers page.

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

who wouldn't?

Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Indeed.

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

I saw this in the Metro this morning over someone else's shoulder but could not crane my neck far enough to see what the heck it was about.

Paranoid Spice (kate), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

"The female Pacific worms keep males inside their tube as a sort of little harem that fertilises eggs as they are released into the water column," explained Dr Glover.

beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

They don't LOOK that horrible. "Bone Eating Snot Flower" seems like rather a cruel name.

hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm not entirely sure why they're described as zombie worms either.

Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

I think someone in the Worm-Naming Department had been watching DAWN OF THE DEAD the night before they discovered these.

hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)


You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.