#bobbit worms

[antikittysocial]

oh. oho. OHOHOHOH. YOU THOUGHT BOBBIT WORMS WERE LONG? YOU THOUGHT THREE METRES WAS LONG? TAPEWORMS CAN BE UP TO TWELVE AND STILL FIT INSIDE YOU. OH? OH? YOU THINK TWELVE IS IMPRESSIVE? YOU THINK THAT'S ALL THAT RIBBON WORMS HAVE TO OFFER? THE BOOTLACE WORM CAN GO UP TO FIFTY FIVE AND HAS TOXIC SNOT. IT'S LITERALLY A LIVING POKEMON. OH AND GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT? ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME IS LINEUS LONGISSIMUS. I'M NOT JOKING. THIS CREATURE IS SO FREAKISHLY LONG THAT EVEN ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME MENTIONS THE FEAT. AND JUST. WHAT IN THE WORLD FHSUIGXDBHUIKBGHOUSGBWINDjAHDWHAHHQHAHQAHHDHDHDHHSHAHHAHAHAHQAHEHDSHAHHHQHFSHJBHVXBHSFHKCSDHJSHZXSHSHSBHAHAHAHABBAGAZGASCFADWSXQCZGHWGHZGHAVGVBZGHZAGHAGHAGHAGAGAHJAGHSHJASHJAZHJASHJASJHWVHHAHAYHZGDYUXIDCYGSYUVD NHYSDGEYU47GGTIV5748W7598W739

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Annelids

Eunicida. This order of benthic marine worms includes the Bobbit Worm aka the sand-striker

Phyllodocida. This order of marine worms are mostly benthic, but some, like the Gossamer worm, live in the open ocean

Which clade of animals is better?

Eunicida

Phyllodocida

Show results

Voting ended onFeb 24, 2024

[squiddy-blaoney]

Dude wtf are up with Bobbitt worms (aka sand strikers aka Eunice aphroditis)

Aphroditis cause they're so pretty and Eunice is the genus

They've been around for about 20 million years

YOU CAN CUT THEIR HEADS OFF AND THEY CAN REGENERATE

Basically, they can reproduce asexually by splitting themselves into baby bobbits.

THE LONGEST ONE WAS 9.81 FT LONG - almost a foot taller than the tallest man on earth and 4.4 taller than 5.5 feet, around the avg height.

Those pretty lil head spikies? Yeah, those are like whiskers, helping them sense you moving in the water (sucky eyesight). But their also posionus to fish and can cause paralysis if touched over and over again.

I doodled one in my trippy color art style and THAT'S JUST HOW THEY LOOK

Here's a video of it eating because what the actual fuck.

The bristles on the sides of them propel them out of their holes with that amazing speed.

Also I think it's funny that this majestic beast lines the walls of it's burrow with mucus

They're like biblical angels crossed with centipedes. They're sooo pretty and deadly and I'm actually obsessed.

[daily-fun-animal-facts]

Thanks for all the new facts recently! You should do one on bobbit worms... if you're brave enough!

Of course! I've been getting back into the groove of it :D

And of course! I don't see why not, they're cool critters!

Technically speaking, the Bobbit worm is from the order Eunicida of polychaete worms which were first discovered in Norway in the 1700’s. All species in this order have antennae and segmented bodies (parapodia) which can include up to 1500 segments! 

Bobbit worms can measure anything from 10cm up to 3m but because they live in the sand and hunt nocturnally, it is unusual to see the entire creature. Their body is covered in bristles and ranges from black or brown through to a purple hue and has an iridescent shimmer to it. They have 5 antennae instead of eyes which they use while hunting.

Like many species of bristle worm, the bobbit worm can also reproduce asexually by splitting into multiple segments, then regenerating body parts such as the head or tail. This enables them to survive being attacked by predators.

[llatimeria]

[foiblepnoteworthy]

‘tis the frobbit worg

[ID bc i think i need to start doing them

image is of a big brown frog with its mouth open further than a frog can actually open its mouth (I checked) with a bobbit worm coming out of its throat like the movie alien. the bobbit worm is somewhat horrifying in that way that they are; its a long tube with oversized jaws and pointy bits coming out of its head and its sides. i tried to make it iridescent and now i hate iridescence.]

heres a vid to curse you and teach you about bobbit worms and similar, would very recommend 

[steampoweredwerehog]

Every now and then I think about how bobbit worms have such ugly mouths but also pretty iridescent skin at the same time and how that should be illegal. 

[antikittysocial]

how long did it take to write all of ts

it's from a powerpoint I made about bobbit worms and there's a lot I didn't add so going by copy paste a couple of seconds

but the first time? one and a half hours, I think, since I remember being finished at around 4:30AM and I wrote that I started at 3AM for some reason so yah