Does anything eat the Bobbit worm?

A single small fish is no match for this predatory monster, but a white-and-yellow species called Peters’ monocle bream (Scolopsis affinis) gangs up to defend itself against the Bobbit worm, researchers reported Sept. 12 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Can you have a Bobbit worm as a pet?

My LFS kept one as a pet many years ago in a 10g. They do not need that much room even though they get very large. Just give it a lot of rock it can hide in and feed anything meaty. They also prefer low light but even still you may have a hard time viewing it during the day.

How do bobbit worms kill prey?

According to The Smithsonian, the colorful worm, who resides in coral reefs, has sharp, bristly, harpoon-like teeth that act as hooks to pierce and immobilize unsuspecting fish. Once the prey is captured, the worm injects it with a venom that helps kill it and make it easier to digest, Wired reported.

Does the Bobbit worm have a brain?

(Note: The video above says bobbit worms don’t have brains, but that isn’t entirely correct. While they don’t have brains that look like ours, they have something called a ganglion, which is a nerve cell cluster located in the species’ autonomic nervous system.)

Is the Bobbit worm extinct?

and if that wasn’t enough to creep you out, last year Swedish biologists in the journal Nature the discovery of the world’s oldest known “Bobbitt worm”: an extinct 400 million year old fossil of a giant polychaete worm, which they named Websteroprion armstrongi, with jaws several times larger than today’s living “ …

How long can a Bobbit worm live?

three to five years
While information regarding the lifespan of bobbit worms is scarce, experts believe that most bobbit worms live for three to five years.

How long does a Bobbit worm live?

The lifespan of E. aphroditois is believed to be three to five years.

Is the bobbit worm a carnivore?

It’s a giant carnivorous worm that can grow over a metre long. With dagger sharp jaws and lightning fast reactions, it sits in a burrow waiting to ambush passing prey. Bobbits will take even large fish and drag them into their underground larder.

Do bobbit worms still exist?

Today, these creatures are found all over the oceans, and besides the larger predators, they also include tiny free-swimming clam worms, long-lived cold seep tubeworms and bone-eating Osedax worms.

Can a Bobbit worm eat a human?

Yes they may cause some local damage but not much more. Human bones (and other animals that live on land) are much stronger than bones of vertebrates in the ocean because land animals need to have stronger bones to withstand the force of gravity.

Does the Bobbit worm have eyes?

They have 1 pair of eyes at the base of the antennae but they may not play a big role in food capture. Bobbit worms are ambush predators but if they’re really hungry they will scavenge for food around the opening to their burrows.