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User ID: 73648037 Canada 08/04/2017 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Spiny Worm Beast Haunted the Seas 500 Million Years Ago About 508 million years ago, a skinny, flat worm swam through the deep sea, waiting for the right moment to extend its 50 sharp spines and nab its next meal, a new study finds. The 4-inch-long (10 centimeters) worm was small — about the length of a toilet paper roll — but its spines would have made it a formidable carnivore, at least for tiny prey, the researchers said. "The grasping spines in the head — long and curved inward — were used to capture small swimming creatures like crustaceans (shrimp-like creatures) and larvae of other marine animals," study co-researcher Derek Briggs, a professor of paleontology at Yale University, told Live Science in an email. Con't @ [ link to www.livescience.com (secure)] Follow me on Twitter: @RussellScott202 |
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User ID: 67219175 United States 08/04/2017 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Spiny Worm Beast Haunted the Seas 500 Million Years Ago Very cool! And welcome back! It's been almost 500 million years since I saw you here. Hope you and yours are doing well. Thru the darkness of Future Past the magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds Fire -- walk with me
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