Avoid the bone-eating worms.
Worms anchored to the skeleton of a young gray whale in a watery canyon off the coast of California are the first known whalebone-eating marine worms . . .
The worms are the latest discovery in a branch of biology focused on the life that springs up on sunken whale carcasses. These carcasses — “whale falls,” in science-speak — dot the ocean floor and sustain colorful and mysterious oases of life, according to Science author Robert Vrijenhoek, a researcher from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif.
The very thought gives me the jitters.
Tarry for the Nonce 
Ewww…that gives a whole new meaning to the lost Skeleton of Cadavra. No wonder Monstro was so postal.
Mister Gepe-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-etto!
Comment by El — July 30, 2004 @ 3:29 pm
The pictures of them were so cool, though! And the fact that the worms are all female, because the male worms actually live inside the females. Males reduced to a specialized body structure. Amazing.
Comment by Kevin — July 31, 2004 @ 12:47 am
No kidding! This is probably the coolest thing i’ve learned today! I was also intruiged by the fact that they are homes to symionic bacteria, almost like they are a biological host to the ‘true’ race. Tok’ra anyone?
Comment by Robert — July 31, 2004 @ 7:52 pm
heehee, nice one Robert.
HL&C
Comment by Barb — August 1, 2004 @ 11:21 am