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Scientists stunned as deep-sea camera captures elusive creature nearly 5,000 meters below the ocean's surface: 'The animal disappears from view'
A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California ...
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‘Gorgeous’ sea worm discovered by shocked scientists: ‘Sassy sparkler’ with ‘dazzle’
Scientists were dazzled after discovering an iridescent, bristled sea worm that is being compared ... that are forested with bristles called chaetae. While many worms are bioluminescent, this ...
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SAVING THE GIANT PALOUSE EARTHWORM
Once declared by Aristotle to be “the intestines of the earth,” earthworms have been recognized for centuries as essential to the health of our planet's soil. But one of the most interesting ...
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Scientists stunned as deep-sea camera captures elusive creature nearly 5,000 meters below the ocean's surface: 'The animal disappears from view'
The chaetae, or bristles, of the worm "were visible through the body wall of the anemone," per the study. The anemones observed spent 19 days in their burrows on average, and the scientists ...