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Huge Sea Worm Captured in Britain
Topic Started: Apr 7 2009, 07:36 PM (619 Views)
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Staff at a British aquarium have captured a massive sea worm that had been terrorizing other aquatic life.

For months, the 4-foot-long creature -- which staffers call "Barry" -- had been devastating coral reef at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium, the Daily Mail newspaper reported Tuesday. The menacing monster also apparently injured a Tang fish.

Initially, aquarium workers weren't sure what was harming the coral, which in some cases was cut in half. After weeks with no clues, they decided to take the display apart to see if they could find the culprit, the Mail reported.

Workers laid bait traps, which were mysteriously destroyed in the night, as the glutton apparently devoured the fish hooks right along with the bait. Finally, staffers spotted the tropical worm, which bit through a 20-pound fishing line before staffers were able to successfully remove it from the tank.

The creature is covered with nasty bristles that sting and can cause permanent numbness in humans, the newspaper said.

"Tt really does look like something out of a horror movie," Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, told the Mail. "It's over 4 feet long with these bizarre-looking jaws."

Slater said he suspects Barry arrived as a baby in a shipment from another aquarium. The worm now lives in his own tank.

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I KNEW I should notta looked here....Gunner if I have ONE nightmare about this thing.....I'm gonna bombard your puter with a Morris Albert virus!
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"The Worm is the Spice.............the Spice is the Worm......."

Sorry,wrong movie. :lmao:
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Now THAT Max, is some sci-fi I can bet excitted about!
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One of my favorite movies.
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omg......that thing is disgusting......and looks to me to be wayyyyy over 4 ft :swoon:
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I smell a B-rated movie coming about barry the terror worm.
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Get Bruce Campbell to star in it!
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:speechless: Just imagine a worm hundreds of feet in size like that.Now tell me that Size dosnt matter? Dune Rocks !
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Get Bruce Campbell to star in it!
that would be great, as Bruce Campbell is the king of b-rated flicks.
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That could probably feed a family of four easily... :swoon:
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You ain't bringing that thing into our house Mystertikal !!!!...ewwwwww...gives me the heebie jeebies
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I'll send you one, Mystertikal. :biggrin2:
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Cool..Gunner

I get the potatoes boilin'. :lmao:
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Geeeeeeeezus you guys made me look at it again!!
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