LONDON: Wei Cheng Jian from Taiwan caught something green and more valuable than most fish – ribbon worm footage. The viral video is forcing the world to learn about this strange animal. Researchers have discovered a plethora of amazing facts about the creatures.
According to National Geographic, the creature shown above is a kind of nemertean, commonly known as a ribbon worm or proboscis worm, called Lineus fuscoviridis.
Despite its strange appearance, the journal’s experts say it’s harmless (to humans), but it is large.
Zoologist John McDermott explained, “This type of worm could be two meters, about six feet, long.”
As for the odd pink appendage oozing from the ribbon worm, it’s called a proboscis.
The proboscis is used to capture prey. The creature compresses its body to shoot out the sticky tongue-like organ, which will then wrap around prey, such as sea slugs or clams, and then engulf the victim whole.
Wei Cheng Jian’s find was impressive enough, but there are 1,100 different species of ribbon worms, and many have even more unusual traits.
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