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Bobbit worms, undersea predators
- kbenson 13y agoThe video of it pulling the fish under, and the ground movement as it does something to the fish under the soil is disturbing. Nightmare fuel.
- cclogg 13y agoThat Bobbit worm should definitely work for Hollywood. He knew how to do it all cinematically for the camera.
- enraged_camel 13y agoI haven't watched the video, and after reading your comment I probably never will. /shiver
- toomuchtodo 13y agoSitting in bed reading this before I go to sleep, you could not pay me to watch that video. NOPE.
- ChuckMcM 13y agoYeah, but what about the Octopus? It gets pulled in, then it casually walks out leaving behind silence. So did he go all medieval on the worm and take it out? Pay it off? Squirt ink in his mouth to make him go ewwwww? I hate cliff hanger endings.
- kbenson 13y agoI was wondering that too, and hoping the article would explain. My assumption is that the Octopus' body yields enough to sustain quite a bit less damage, and the bobbit worm releases it's prey while under ground to get a better grip. Alternatively, maybe the Octopus released ink while under the soil and it confused/irritated the worm. In any case, that Octopus gets my respect.
- andrewflnr 13y agoIf it had released a significant amount of ink, I would have expected to see it come back up in the water with the octopus. Another possibility is that the octopus was venomous and bit the worm. As you said: in any case, respect.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoI'm guessing the octopus released ink at the very least. Moreover, octopi are renowned for being able to squeeze through very small holes and doing so quickly, so maybe it found a quick route out of the worm's mouth at a fortuitous moment.
- crumblan 13y agoIt body snatched the octopus and is now wearing it like a skin in search of more prey.
- trevelyan 13y agoInteresting article here about what happened when one of them found their way into an aquarium. The photo makes Wired's pic look like a model shot: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry...
- arms 13y agoIn the Wired video, the worm looks cool, albeit not something you'd want to run into. The Daily Mail pics on the other hand are horrifying.
- ballard 13y agoFeeding time: http://youtu.be/tkUSx6aQGXU http://youtu.be/tkUSx6aQGXU Looks like a cool pet.