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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Fossil feast for 'zombie worms'

Osedax worms living on a whale bone (c) N Higgs

Scientists are just beginning to understand bone-eating "zombie worms"

Traces of bone-eating "zombie worms" have been found in a three-million-year-old fossil from Italy, say researchers.

Osedax worms feed on whale skeletons on the seabed using root-like tissues to bore into and dissolve the bones.

Read More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15493634

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