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Eupolyodontes worm...

カプセルQミュージアム　ワンダーカマーvol.1 (kaiyodo)

convergent chikorita (ground type)

his tail is actually his real head

little banana worm running errands

Reminds me of this pic I saw a while back! Planaria colors that correspond with the color of the shrimp tanks they were found in.

the competition is intense

Our champions are now taking their deserved rest.

a pair of hammerhead worms (Bipalium pennsylvanicum) attempting to kill and eat an earthworm larger than themselves.

the flatworms produce tetrodotoxin, one of the most potent toxins on the planet, and with their sticky bodies they cling to the thrashing worm until it stops moving and they begin to break it down into a soup.

after feeding, the blood and flesh of the worm is visible in their bodies, staining them red until they further digest it. Bipalium are specialist predators and while some only eat snails, this species feeds only on earthworms.

although they’re both called worms in English, the Bipalium and their prey are no more related to one another than you are to a sea star, being in different phyla.

despite the species being named Bipalium pennsylvanicum, it isn’t native to the US, and neither are its three cousins (B. vagum, adventitium, and kewense) which also live here. both B. pennsylvanicum and kewense are named for where they were first found as invasive species (Kew Gardens, London) and other two have names that refer to their ability to invade new territory when humans ship around soil and plants.

all four are probably native to Asia, but the natural ranges of some are still poorly known. while the majority of earthworms Bipalium predate aren’t native to the eastern US either— most of the ones you see are similarly introduced from Europe—they have a tendency to favor certain worms and leave the forest-damaging Asian Amynthas alone since it may have natural defenses against flatworms. while the impact of Bipalium spp. in the US isn’t well known, it’s likely not positive.

the Worm fertilized itself and is pregnant with a Worm-sac now. the bifurcated tail is not normal but a welcome addition to the Worm.

Anisorhynchodemus sp.

pod is born.

worm

Wormi the Worm and Mini Wormi the Worm by Bellzi

many are asking this

Big headed fly(pipunculidae) + disco ball fakemon

Worm Knight OC

イモコレ！2　イモムシストラップコレクション (kaiyodo)

These are my sweet little babies after a yummy meal of red food dye infused liver

What a delightful world we live in, where little dragons evolve again and again across time, space, and phyla

A species of worm in the north-east Atlantic has been observed farming. They plant grass seeds in their burrows and feed on the sprouts when they start growing.

Photo : Jim van Belzen/newscientist

hey did u guys know theres a type of bird that catches worms by farting on them to scare them out of their hiding place

What

here he is

My new favorite bird

I GOOGLED DO WORMS BREATHE AND IT SUDDENLY WENT INTO FIRST PERSON (FIRST WORM?) POV AND IT THREW ME OFF SO FAR??