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Creepy 'Smiling' Worm Pulled from Bottom of the Sea
LiveScience.com ^ | Nov 21, 2018 | Yasemin Saplakoglu, Staff Writer

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: creeps; creepy; cryptobiology; democrats; godsgravesglyphs; joebiden; romanfedortsov; timkaine; worm; worms
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To: ETL

Yep


21 posted on 11/24/2018 8:01:51 AM PST by sauropod (Yield to sin, and experience chastening and sorrow; yield to God, and experience joy and blessing.)
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To: ETL

22 posted on 11/24/2018 8:05:18 AM PST by KevinB (If I'm ever arrested, I'm switching parties.)
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To: ETL

Geez, clowns PAINT their face to look like he looks WITHOUT paint!


23 posted on 11/24/2018 8:09:42 AM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: Proud White Trump Supporter

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.


24 posted on 11/24/2018 8:09:56 AM PST by oldtech
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To: ETL

He’s making the duck face for his Facebook page.


25 posted on 11/24/2018 8:11:27 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: P.O.E.

It is from the planet Arakas. Also known...as Dune.


26 posted on 11/24/2018 8:17:34 AM PST by MGG
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To: ETL

Looks like a dem.


27 posted on 11/24/2018 8:50:51 AM PST by t4texas (If you can't run with the big dogs . . . STAY ON THE PORCH!)
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To: ETL

He looks more like a slug, don’t ya think?


28 posted on 11/24/2018 8:56:16 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ETL

Or . . . A Clinton.


29 posted on 11/24/2018 8:56:27 AM PST by t4texas (If you can't run with the big dogs . . . STAY ON THE PORCH!)
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To: ETL
Meh. I'd rather have a pet bobbitt worm.


30 posted on 11/24/2018 9:40:12 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


31 posted on 11/24/2018 5:23:42 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
From the bottom of the sea. But first, are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? Thanks fieldmarshaldj. Not necessarily stoned, but, beautiful.

32 posted on 11/24/2018 5:25:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Vaquero
"Scream-a-pillar"

Funniest Simpson's episode ever (from before they went completely PC).

Or could this worm the newest 2020 presidential candidate for the dems?

33 posted on 11/24/2018 5:48:10 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't waiting. Do it today.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is that a worm you’re holding or are you just happy to see me?


34 posted on 11/26/2018 2:02:29 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: ETL


35 posted on 11/26/2018 2:06:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ETL
GEODUCK!


36 posted on 11/26/2018 2:09:23 PM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

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.


37 posted on 11/26/2018 2:11:20 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

:)


38 posted on 11/26/2018 4:02:33 PM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: colorado tanker

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


39 posted on 11/26/2018 5:04:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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