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This is another from the archives…. Tubeworms or interesting creatures. They live deep in the ocean near volcanic vents where the temperature often exceeds 200 degrees. They have no mouth or stomach, instead they acquire all their nutrients from colonies of symbiotic chemosynthetic bacteria.
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As I mentioned in a previous post some sea worms feed on whale bones. BBC News is reporting some have been discovered off the coast of Sweden (they were previously known only off the coast of California). above is a picture of the Swedish species. Below is a scanning electron micrograph of the sea worm. [...]
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Tubeworms or interesting creatures. They live deep in the ocean near volcanic vents where the temperature often exceeds 200 degrees. They have no mouth or stomach, instead they acquire all their nutrients from colonies of symbiotic chemosynthetic bacteria. Tubeworms 1 The red at the top of the tubeworm is due to hemogloblin. One of the [...]
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