A video shared in late December 2023 authentically showed a ribbon worm, "spitting a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." The earliest instance of the video being shared we found was a ...

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The earliest instance of the video being shared we found was a re-post of a TikTok video by @thatcherisdeadding Reddit user from 2021. Therefore, to assess the video's authenticity, we started by ...

Ribbon worms come in all shapes and sizes. This one, with white stripes along the body, was found off the coast of Mexico. Photo by Chris Meyer and Allen Collins Whether they’re on a rain-soaked ...

Most of us are familiar with the segmented worms we see on sidewalks after a rain, in compost piles, or at the end of a fishhook. But there are other worms out there, and they get a lot bigger than a ...

This video is making the rounds on the Internet that shows a worm attempt to attack a hand. The Nemerta, also known as a "ribbon worm," is secreting its proboscis in an attempt to see if it can feed ...

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An international group of researchers including biologists from the University of Maryland found that at least four species of marine ribbon worms independently evolved the ability to regrow a head ...