Barry the Sea Worm
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kokopellinelliI read this article a couple weeks ago, and all I can say is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGH.
Huge Sea Worm Captured in Britain.
Guys, I'm pasting the text under a cut, but you need to click that link. The picture they have there of "Barry" will scar you for life, I'm not joking.
Huge Sea Worm Captured in Britain
(April 2) - Staff at a British aquarium have captured a massive sea worm that had been terrorizing other aquatic life.
For months, the 4-foot-long creature -- which staffers call "Barry" -- had been devastating coral reef at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium, the Daily Mail newspaper reported Tuesday. The menacing monster also apparently injured a Tang fish.
Initially, aquarium workers weren't sure what was harming the coral, which in some cases was cut in half. After weeks with no clues, they decided to take the display apart to see if they could find the culprit, the Mail reported.
Workers laid bait traps, which were mysteriously destroyed in the night, as the glutton apparently devoured the fish hooks right along with the bait. Finally, staffers spotted the tropical worm, which bit through a 20-pound fishing line before staffers were able to successfully remove it from the tank.
The creature is covered with nasty bristles that sting and can cause permanent numbness in humans, the newspaper said.
"It really does look like something out of a horror movie," Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, told the Mail. "It's over 4 feet long with these bizarre-looking jaws."
Slater said he suspects Barry arrived as a baby in a shipment from another aquarium. The worm now lives in his own tank.
Sweet dreams! :D
Huge Sea Worm Captured in Britain.
Guys, I'm pasting the text under a cut, but you need to click that link. The picture they have there of "Barry" will scar you for life, I'm not joking.
Huge Sea Worm Captured in Britain
(April 2) - Staff at a British aquarium have captured a massive sea worm that had been terrorizing other aquatic life.
For months, the 4-foot-long creature -- which staffers call "Barry" -- had been devastating coral reef at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium, the Daily Mail newspaper reported Tuesday. The menacing monster also apparently injured a Tang fish.
Initially, aquarium workers weren't sure what was harming the coral, which in some cases was cut in half. After weeks with no clues, they decided to take the display apart to see if they could find the culprit, the Mail reported.
Workers laid bait traps, which were mysteriously destroyed in the night, as the glutton apparently devoured the fish hooks right along with the bait. Finally, staffers spotted the tropical worm, which bit through a 20-pound fishing line before staffers were able to successfully remove it from the tank.
The creature is covered with nasty bristles that sting and can cause permanent numbness in humans, the newspaper said.
"It really does look like something out of a horror movie," Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, told the Mail. "It's over 4 feet long with these bizarre-looking jaws."
Slater said he suspects Barry arrived as a baby in a shipment from another aquarium. The worm now lives in his own tank.
Sweet dreams! :D
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There's just so many places to go with this...
Date: 2009-04-14 12:29 pm (UTC)2. Giant Sea Worm - bristled for your
displeasure!3. "I've got your giant sea worm RIGHT HERE."
4. Hookers Bait Worm; Get Eaten.
5. Actually, I think I saw Barry star in his own Japanese tentacle porn anime. This, of course, should surprise no one.
6. Ok, fair is fair, he is pretty creepy-looking. Especially with the two big hook-mandible thingies. Yowza!
Re: There's just so many places to go with this...
Date: 2009-04-14 05:02 pm (UTC)#2 scares me, and yes, those mandible things on his front are super-creepy.
Also, the glutton apparently devoured the fish hooks right along with the bait. Finally, staffers spotted the tropical worm, which bit through a 20-pound fishing line...no. Just, no. NO SIRREE, DO NOT WANT.
I need a horrified-looking icon.
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Date: 2009-04-16 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-16 05:09 am (UTC)Apparently, you and I have very different definitions of "cute." I think most things with only 2-4 legs are cute. Not knocking the multi-pods, you understand, but if I ever came face-to-face with that thing, I'd probably pee my pants.
(I almost typed "mants." I don't know what those are.)
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Date: 2009-04-16 01:14 pm (UTC)