Strangest Invertebrate Ever

[randomocity999]

I've seen to much Alien 3 to see where this is going

[542513]

Go from a 7 incher to a 20 incher in an instant! Lolz!! 

[daniel28213]

what is that?

[bigrizzleful]

slap it on a fishing hook and cast that bitch out.

[LongLiveHumour]

They showed this video in a lecture this morning and the whole theatre went "aaaaaah..." like the little green men in Toy Story.

"THE CLAAAAAAAAAW..."

[omgbfflmao]

strangest hands ever

[X5H2o]

wtf is that? lol !?

[ChristophGuitars22]

Super Mega Hookshot Boner

[fattoldpig]

you sir, have weird fingernails

[lucydiamond2390]

Gross.

[gadigadigadigadi]

they should make this a commercial for viagra

[Botakzai87]

that looks like a mini horse dick. lols

[POSTMDRN]

I have the weirdest boner right now

[SAGEBOT500]

NOPE

[DevilBoyAZ]

That's fucking disgusting hands.

[Nelmes007]

what is it called

[sosyPel]

@Nelmes007 nemertino

[Aprilshowersss]

I often fish with blood worms. they do the same thing.

[Kitty12440]

Boner

[MuhammedP23]

zombie finger

[thehantavirus]

looks like nemertean worms. They have the ability to extend thier proboscis to attack prey

[sullycrashers]

is an invertabrate a creature withoute a hed or tail

[PokerChampDaniel]

@sullycrashers An invertebrate is an animal without a vertebral column/backbone

[Feystarshadow]

@PokerChampDaniel An invertebrate is a creature that at no point during it's development forms a notochord. (Chordates = vertebrates)

[TheresonlyoneSparky]

@Feystarshadow Actually it's a creature with no vertebrae. Lancelets and tunicates both have a notochord at some stage but no vertebrae.

[feedtherich]

SICK!

[cuallito]

WHAT THE FUCK

[TrimTOODLE]

DAMN NATURE... U SCAREY !!!

[TastyRiceBowl]

umm it looks like a dick jacking off without hands thats pretty cool i wish i could do that and play games at the same time

[mobilecandyshop]

Ohh wtf is that??!

[KTheBoi]

Ninja Rope from Worms but real

[PokerChampDaniel]

If anyone would like to know more about this worm - i have written a detailed description about its taxonomy, biology and behaviour on my flickr site. I hope it answers your questions.

[ARSoriginal]

ill also puke if a finger like that touches me :p

[androgaus]

So what species is this - anyone ???

[sess56]

That reminds me of one of my ex-girlfriends.

[icanmyshoetie]

@sess56  lmao nasty

[jacobromu]

What a cool thing to evolve! Do we know what the earlier forms of this mechanism are?

[bgand3lla]

YUUUKKK! Lol.

[zathustra]

well he surely got the worm excited... one way or the other

[rockemsockemnicole]

It must be also used as defence. I would be startled if I came upon that little fella and he did that.

[Gistheman2187]

What it's shooting out is called a proboscis. It's what the worm (and a lot of worms have this) shoots out in order to dig or eat a prey.

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

Spider-Worm!

[pininin1998]

its kinda cool erm author, may i noe is the thing coming out from the animal u r holding its toungue which helps it to move or pull?

[Vi3tGrl2]

So cute! I've never seen such a cool worm-like thing. Is it harmless?

[hornetpalooza]

Cool video and beautiful animal!

Afaik only nemerteans have that type of proboscis. And yeh, it's used to catch prey by many of the carnivorous species.

[carolzynha]

Could you tell me the name of this specie please?! Nice video...

[PokerChampDaniel]

As long as i am referenced as the photographer. This video may not be used/copied for an financial gain.

[acerc500]

Sure, education only.

Thanks alot! :)

[acerc500]

Awesome !!

May I use this film in my invertebrate zoology class ?

That would be cool !

[PokerChampDaniel]

I've had an Nemertean expert contact me from the smithsonian institute to confirm the identification. It was found in northern New South Wales, Australia.

[memutic]

I don't think this is a nemertine - where did you find it?