A video shared in late December 2023 authentically showed a ribbon worm, "spitting a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it's prey." The earliest instance of the video being shared we found was a ...

Most of us are familiar with the segmented worms we see on sidewalks after a rain, in compost piles, or at the end of a fishhook. But there are other worms out there, and they get a lot bigger than a ...

Prepare to be horrified. We can guarantee that this video is the grossest thing you see all day, so proceed with caution. It's a video of a ribbon worm, and it has been circulating the internet in all ...

It looks like something out of a science fiction film, or maybe a horror movie. A video of a Nemertea, known as a “ribbon worm,” has taken the Internet by storm, mesmerizing many while grossing out ...

Researchers recently found over 100 species of ribbon worm, most of which are new to science, off of the coast of Oman. Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue whale ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. I imagined that a worm so outlandishly long would be rare.