Zombie worms drill whale bones with acid
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
By Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanetSo-called zombie worms — and yes, they actually exist — like to munch on whale bones for dinner. The creatures also use the bones for shelter. Spread throughout the world's oceans, zombie worms are quite adept at making the bones of whales and other large marine animals look like Swiss cheese. But these worms don't have any mouthparts with which to gnaw the h...