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Scientists have discovered the first live specimen of a bizarre, giant worm-like animal in Philippines that plants itself into mud like carrots and feeds on noxious fumes of sulphur ...

For the first time, scientists have studied a long, black, mud-dwelling creature called a giant shipworm. Though these worm-like creatures are common marine pests, eating wood from oceangoing vessels, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The giant shipworm, or Kuphus polythalamia, live inside large shells on ...

Northeastern professor Daniel Distel and his colleagues have discovered a dark slithering creature four feet long that dwells in the foul mud of a remote lagoon in the Philippines. They say studying ...

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