Zombie worms found off Swedish coast

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Zombie worms found off Swedish coast

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Strange but true-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4354286.stm

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Adrian Glover and Thomas Dahlgren tell the journal the new species has been named Osedax mucofloris, which literally means "bone-eating snot-flower".
Hahahaha. SO like a biologist to make up that name!!!
Great for those guys!!! I can only hope I get to make a discovery one day. :)
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