Posted on 11/24/2018 6:21:47 AM PST by ETL
Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov has a habit of pulling ghoulish and bizarre creatures from the deep sea. And his recent trawl did not disappoint: Fedortsov recently captured an eerily "smiling" sea worm.
In a video Fedortsov posted on Twitter last week, the creature's clown-smile turns creepy as it seemingly morphs inside out in time with an uncanny, high-pitched noise added by the fisherman. (This is not a noise the creature is making.)
"If the creature could scream, it would scream like this," Fedortsov wrote in the post. ..."
Bristle worms are so named because they have small bristles called chaetae all around their bodies, which help them swiftly move around, burrow, tube, crawl and swim, according to the National History Museum of Los Angeles County.
What appears to be the worm's "head" is, in fact, a retractable pharynx that, along with its jaws, extends to grab food, according to a previous Live Science report. When this pharynx is tucked into the worm's body, its face looks smiley, at least in the recent video.
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Yep
Geez, clowns PAINT their face to look like he looks WITHOUT paint!
If both of these “smiling creatures” were running for public office,I’d vote for the one they found in the ocean. He’d do less harm to our nation.
He’s making the duck face for his Facebook page.
It is from the planet Arakas. Also known...as Dune.
Looks like a dem.
He looks more like a slug, don’t ya think?
Or . . . A Clinton.
*ping*
From the bottom of the sea. But first, are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? Thanks fieldmarshaldj. Not necessarily stoned, but, beautiful.
Funniest Simpson's episode ever (from before they went completely PC).
Or could this worm the newest 2020 presidential candidate for the dems?
Is that a worm you’re holding or are you just happy to see me?
Knowing how certain cultures view medicine, I’d say the, uh, highly symbolic appearance of that thing makes it very hot in China as an aphrodisiac.
:)
I don’t blame ‘em for hiding on the seafloor, because everyone knows about the early bird and stuff. And now we return you to our program of dance music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0GtRI4Ulo
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