We’re getting close to Halloween…so let the annual spooky invertebrate cartoons commence! Learn more about the bone-eating zombie worm in today’s comic: bone binge.
Need to continue your bone binge? Learn more here.
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trippy trematode
trippy trematode
Are you trippin’? Because these snails definitely are. Or so it would seem. Learn more about the parasitic worms, called trematodes, that cause snails to loose their minds in today’s comic: trippy trematode.
Learn more about these crazy creatures here.
poppin’ polychaetes
You think you are loud and proud? You can’t compete with these worms! A newly discovered species of marine polychaete (worm) has been observed making a racket in the ocean, a popping sound when they fight each other. Learn more in today’s comic: poppin’ polychaetes.
Want to learn more? Check out the video of these worms poppin’ it. Feeling ambitious? Read the actual scientific paper.
poppin’ polychaetes
rockin’ worm
sand and seek
sand and seek
Have you ever been stuck between a rock and hard place? You have no idea. Learn about tiny worms that live in the tight spaces between sand grains in the ocean in today’s comic: sand and seek.
I love making new friends who study weird invertebrates. This week’s comic was inspired by research by graduate student Will Ballentine from Dauphin Island Sea Lab
nematode noodles
nematode noodles
What’s for lunch? Probably not a nematode…unless you are also a nematode! Nematode worms are known cannibals, but new research shows that they can actually recognize their relatives and will avoid eating them. Learn more about these cannibalistic worms in today’s comic: nematode noodles
Hungry for more? Check out the study for yourself, just out in Science.
