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1. •  
     CommentAuthorGreasemonkey
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   Mail Online:
   
   "Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish.
   
   The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months.
   Workers at the Cornwall-based attraction had been left scratching their heads as to why the coral had been left devastated and - in some cases - cut in half."
   
   
   
   Full story and more pictures here
2. •  
     CommentAuthorrickiep00h
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   HOLYFUCKEEWWHATISTHATGODGEDDITAWAY
3. • CommentAuthorPablo
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   Holy crap, that thing is horrible.
4. •  
     CommentAuthorglukkake
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009 edited

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   WHY DOES IT EXIST?!
   
   ...and this is why I never go into the ocean.
   
   PS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaete_worm is really fun for reading more about crazy sea worms - especially the bone eating zombie worms
5. •  
     CommentAuthorHylianHearts
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   *pokes* ewwwwwwwwww.....
6. •  
     CommentAuthorchris g
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   that is the arse eel, in all it's slippery-shit glory
7. • CommentAuthorpoor_boy
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   @ chris g - That or Cthulhu's dick. Your explanation might work better. Whatever the hell that thing is, I'm glad they kept it: <blockquote>Mr Slater said Barry, <strong>who has now been relocated to his own tank</strong>, probably arrived as a juvenile in a delivery of living rock from another aquarium.</blockquote>The ironic thing is, he was probably the most interesting thing in the tank they originally found him in.
8. •  
     CommentAuthorTanuki
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   damn, I misread that as 'singing sea-worm' ...
   
   ...I s'pose it's pretty cool anyway, but imagine it doing karaoke.
9. • CommentAuthorLani
   • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009

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   The zombie worms are described thusly:
   
   

   colloquially known as "bone eating snot flower"

   
   
   which I find amusing, lessening my ABJECT HORROR OH GOD WHAT IS THAT THING GAAAAHHHH KILL IT WITH FIRE
10. •  
      CommentAuthorJonCarpenter
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009 edited

     (5510.10)
    Awww! Ickly cute wormy wormy, just want to huggle it and tickle its CUTE feelers.
    
    I'd take Barry over a fucking dog any day. Maybe he eats dogs?
    
    Edit... I REALLY hope that one day he eats a Mail reader. From the comments, Sarah from Bournemouth gives her valuable and righteous verdict on evolution's work:
    
    

    It's gross, they should get rid of it permanently. What possible use is its existence? none, I suspect.

11. •  
      CommentAuthorfrenchbloke
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

     (5510.11)
    and they called it Barry.
12. •  
      CommentAuthorAlan Tyson
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    and they called it Barry.
    
    Perhaps a suggestion as to what they should do with it?
13. • CommentAuthorpoor_boy
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    you guys are hurting barry's feelings
14. •  
      CommentAuthorLudwigTheurer
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    So, H.R Gigger took over god's seat ?
15. •  
      CommentAuthorAudley Strange
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009 edited

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    I love things like this. The polychaete really is a grotesque, as is this
    
    This is my most recent favourite though, the siphonophore colony entity.
    
    Can you say Ftaghn?
16. •  
      CommentAuthorLazarus99
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009 edited

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    Is this the start of this month's IDidNotNeedtoSeeThatImage thread?
    
    edited for drunken spelling mistakes...
17. • CommentAuthoricelandbob
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    Why have i got to see this shit when i´m hungover? Tell me , WHY????
    
    Nice siphonophore colony entity though...
18. •  
      CommentAuthorcurb
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    I'm glad I live in a world where such hideous interesting creatures exist. Once you remove the poisonous bristles, I wonder if Barry would be edible?
19. • CommentAuthorFinal
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    The tropical worm is covered in thousands of bristles which are capable of inflicting a sting resulting in permanent numbness

    
    
    Who was the poor soul to figure that out?
20. • CommentAuthorVerus
    • CommentTimeApr 4th 2009

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    ...and this is why I never go into the ocean.

    
    
    Me neither. Humans were never meant to swim. In the ocean, we become the sea food...