Bobbit worm

This post has been updated to reflect that this worm should be called the Sand Striker. Please refer to the following post in regards to the change https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=59047 Once upon a time in 1993, when I was imbibing my sophomore year at college in Australia – drinking in the knowledge, so to speak – I heard

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Whether in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean or off the coast of Australia, some of the world's most beautiful oceans also contain the world's most nightmare-inducing creatures.

CENTipede = ONE HUNDRED legs. Gross.

The bobbit worm.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

Damn Nature, You Scary!