Osedax mucofloris isone of my all - time favourite sea creatures . Why ? Osedax mucofloris literally translates to “ bone - run through snob - flower , ” which , allow ’s face it , is pretty much the greatest scientific name ever .
https://gizmodo.com/this-phlegmy-worm-feeds-on-the-bones-of-the-dead-whale-5916000
There are plenty of other grounds to love Osedax . Over on Deep Sea News , Craig McClain has an amazing top 10 leaning of why these bone - eating worm are so unequivocally excellent . For example :
Dwarf male person blurt out from the height of their school principal … do n’t recognise what else to say about this but there you have it .
It ’s not Osedax but Osedaxes , or Osedaxi , or whatever the hell it is . The percentage point is that thereare half a dozen to a dozen specie . Imagine ascertain there are zombi humans , living dead dogs , zombie cats , zombie cows , zombie houseflies , zombie betrayer , and so on except or else of feeding on brains they prefer your bones . Only prison term will tell if Osedax crawl out of the sea and consume us all .
Acid … yep I say Elvis . female secrete a osseous tissue melting acidfrom their root to facilitate dismiss quondam baleen or your cheek , which ever is closer . As if Osedax could get any more big ass , I’m now thinking of the Alien queen .
That whet your appetite?Hit up DSNfor the full rundown on these snotty , bone - eating worms of the sea deep .
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