Yikes .. Good thing its not larger or living in Nevada.. Photo

[Ichingcarpenter]

An FEI Quanta SEM electron microscope revealed a hydrothermal worm that seems monstrous when zoomed in 525 times.

These worms, among the smallest living things in the world, are deep sea creatures and almost as small as bacterium. They are largely found near hydrothermal vents in the ocean.


Hydrothermal vents are found near volcanically active places.

Philippe Crassous shot the image of the worm using FEI's microscope.

Scientists discovered the first multicellular life in the deep subsurface biosphere in May and reported their finding in the journal Nature.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/hydrothermal-worm-electron-microscope_n_901833.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Wow-I never expected to click on this and see such a clear pic

of the demon that possesses Michele Bachman!

[onehandle]

7. You sully the good name of demons everywhere. nt

[zazen]

2. aww, what a cutie! I want to scratch it behind the ears

[stellanoir]

3. Wows! Would make an especially stylized hood ornament.

[Exultant Democracy]

4. Nerd alert, it looks like the sandworms from Dune.

[Aerows]

5. That was my first thought

"The sleeper has awakened!"

[ellenfl]

13. my first thought! eom

[FSogol]

6. It looks like Eric Cantor!

:cry:

[BlueJazz]

8. Why in the hell does it wear clumps of clay all around it's face?? The worm...

...has no Fashion sense at all....that's so 90's.

[bvar22]

9. That is a Graboid, and they're BIG & REAL!!!

They can eat people!
I know because I saw them on TV! :scared:

[semillama]

10. Tremors!

Look out Kevin Bacon!

[buddysmellgood]

11. Turn your head slightly to left, visually crop to inside the ring of spikes and tell me what you see

[TheMadMonk]

12. Firvulag. /nt

[Phoonzang]

14. *giggles* nt