Scientists Identify Fossils of Six-Foot-Long Ancient Worms
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Tremors, there’s no doubt the slimy wigglers are an archetypal nightmare. Which makes sense, as there are plenty of legitimately terrifying and gross worms in real life. There are also some deadly ones, as is the case with a newly announced 20-million-year old, six-foot-long ocean-dwelling worm – one with a currently living relative.
A team of scientists just announced the discovery of the 20-million-year-old worms, fossils of which paleontologist, Masakazu Nara, of Kochi University in Japan, discovered in 2013. Nara discovered the fossils while searching for impressions of stingray feeding behavior in rock in a coastal region of Taiwan when he stumbled upon these wormy imprints. (We all know how that goes!)