Here's What That 'Faceless Fish' Actually Is
Life gets pretty weird in the cold abyss of the deep sea. One deep ocean oddity presented itself to …
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But if you thought that freaky creature kind of looked like a penis, then you’re going to love the peanut worm. Which looks even more like a penis.
It all started when the IBTimes shared their tweet, embedded above. People really liked it. Because it looks like a penis. Humans love laughing about things that look like penises. I, being a human, also laughed at the penis.
But it’s not a penis. It’s a worm. Also called the Sipuncula (a word whose letters you can rearrange to say “Luc, a pinus!”), there are at least 147 peanut worm species to ogle. Its name comes from the fact that when it retracts, it looks like a peanut. These animals can reproduce both sexually and asexually, according to Wikipedia, a website I feel okay citing because I’m blogging about a worm that looks like a penis.
You might be surprised to find out that there are other species of sea worms that look like penises, too!
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Anyway, glad you got to see this picture of a worm that looks like a penis. We’ll continue sharing the RV Investigator’s findings as they come out. Especially if they look as much like a penis as this one does.
[via IBTimesUK]