JimB88 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 For any who wondered how scolecodont "teeth" worked I saw a scanning electron microscope image of a worm with jaws today on yahoo. Take a look! freaky looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Hi, Fortunately that I haven't much luck to see one by one angle of street, otherwise I would have big fear ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) Awesome! But hopefully I get that image out of my mind before I sleep tonight. Marco Sr. Edited August 5, 2013 by MarcoSr "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Reminds me of the mouth of the creature in the movie Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Reminds me of the mouth of the creature in the movie Aliens. ...or the movie "Tremors"... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgrilusHunter Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Cool image! Though that little guy is positively cuddly compared to some of the annelid nightmares lurking in the ocean. I give you Eunice aphroditois, the Bobbit Worm! From Wikipedia: "Armed with sharp teeth, it is known to attack with such speeds that its prey is sometimes sliced in half. ... It is also covered in bristles that are capable of a sting that results in permanent numbness in humans." They like warmer waters but have been found in the Atlantic. They can reach 3 meters in length! Happy wading! Edited August 5, 2013 by AgrilusHunter "They ... savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things." -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Woah, that is an amazing worm AgrilusHunter! That video is cool. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) The first picture is of a Tardegrade, an obscure order of insects. The majority of scolecodonts are considered Bristle worms, or blood worm cousins. Edited October 24, 2013 by Herb "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Hallowe'en. Anyone dressing up as a scolecodont? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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