Osedax mucofloris—otherwise known as the bone-eating snot-flower worm—is a species of undersea worm discovered in 2005. It eats the bones of deceased whales. On the surface of the bone, the worm looks like a curly, pink flower. Burrowed into the bone is a mass of worm-y tissue that, presumably, does the actual eating.
This amazing video was linked to by "Elmer" in the Comments section to my post about pre-Homo sapiens building a wooden structure, noting, "The 'specialness' of Homo sapiens continually becomes… READ THE REST
Watch a mushroom known as a Caloboletus rubripes aka the red-stripe bolete get sliced and turn from beige to blue. This mushroom isn't psychoactive (and it's inedible), but it's still… READ THE REST
Archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest wooden structure ever found. A team of scientists have found well-preserved wood in Zambia that dates back at least 476,000 years: older than… READ THE REST
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