Bone-eating worms are Way Cool (Summary)

Like zombies in the dark, they devour skeletons of whales that have fallen to the deep ocean floor. How is this possible? Discover what these extraordinary tiny marine worms look like, where they were found, and how they eat. Earlier this year, Sheila Byers, Volunteer Educator at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and marine biologist specializing in marine worms, explained why bone-eating worms are Way Cool as part of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum's ongoing Way Cool lecture series. Here she shares with us just a few fascinating facts about these bizarre creatures.

Images courtesy of Greg Rouse, Howard Hamon, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

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