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The depths of the ocean are fraught with such wonders as in space no need to fly. Life is not enough to explore all the mysteries. And the population which amazingly combines beauty and nightmare.





Like this worm. Eulagisca gigantea (Antarctic polychaete) or golden sea worm is something that you first want stroke it, turning the soft golden bristles, and then scramble away from it in all shoulder blades.



The polychaete lives in the vicinity of Antarctica and is a proud the owner of a 20-centimeter carcass, generously decorated with shiny villi. What makes the worm look like a piece of New Year's tinsel.

But if this piece turns its face towards the observer partly, the desire to escape will intensify significantly. After all, it ends in a terrible way fanged mouth, reminiscent of a crocodile, piranha and Alien at the same time.

Multifunctional bristles



Cute fluffs collected in bunches, polychaete worms used for a variety of purposes - movement, protection, swimming. The world first learned about this representative of the species in 1939. But Although a lot of time has passed, biologists have not been able to completely to explore these creatures - the holiday worm is too secretive and careful. And the habitat of this strange creature is difficult to access.

And what is known is very interesting. What's in the photo resembles the head of an Alien, in reality a retractable throat, which The worm unfolds like a telescopic tube, going on a hunt. The organ is very impressive, reaches 5 centimeters, which, with a total length 20 centimeter body is very respectable.



Chitinous jaws easily cope with slow prey, but the worm is not averse to eating the remains of its larger neighbors. Although the polychaete looks creepy and repulsive, it, like more than 8 thousand its fellow species, plays an important role in preserving the aquatic ecosystem and allows researchers to understand a lot about life in the deep sea reservoir

And the appearance... What is the appearance? Combine a luxurious ponytail and the nightmare maw is forced. And no one knows what we would look like, if our distant possible ancestors had not gotten out of the water element on land.