Imagine having to escape from hungry predators all your life and having no means to protect yourself. This happens a lot, but fortunately it's often not the case. Many animals have protective traits, or distractions to allow them to get away. For example, seven newly found species of annelid worms that swim have a method of distraction – they simply drop bomb-like appendages that momentarily distract their predators because of the fact that the appendages are luminescent. Therefore, these annelid worms are nicknamed the Green Bombers. Possessing modified gills (which is what allows the worms to drop the bombs in the first place), these worms go from depths of 5,900 feet to more than 12,000 feet. This is a new discovery for scientists, because they hadn’t seen a species of worm similar to them before that combined both dropping appendages and bio-luminescence. This article was interesting to me because I find it amazing how all different animals have their own ways of scaring off predators or warning them that they’re not to be messed with. This worm just happens to have a very intriguing method – dropping glowing bombs and then making an escape. This article also helped me understand more about how animals manage to stay alive when they are the prey, not the predators. Sometimes it isn’t easy for them to just to run away or to hide when they are being hunted down –they often need some form of distraction to be able to make their getaway. Some animals, such as porcupines, just have their own protective “shields” that allow them to be safe while others, such as these Green Bombers, have a way to create a distraction while escaping from their predators.
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.sciencecastle.com/
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That was really interesting!
ReplyDeleteI learned, actually, quite a lot from your writing!
I never even thought that worms could LIVE under the sea(I've had many walks after rain when I was little, and I've seen too many drowned worms in puddles),let alone have this cool way of protecting themselves
That article made me wonder how the worms created that bioluminescence. I was thinking that maybe the worms are able to create this type of bacteria that creates the light, because angler fish also use light-just for a different purpose, but their light is made by bacteria living permanently in the 'lure'. I don't know though...
Anyway, cool article!
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ReplyDeletethat was so awesome! I'd like to let out green bombs to to protect from enemies and escape!
I think its great that these worms can make light all by them selves under depths of 12,000 feet! They must have antenna things to feel their way through the water, the light is probably not enough to spot predators- not down there at least.
I wonder if you could keep these worms in aquariums...
Your introduction is REALLY good and catchy. Even though I also wrote about this it was very interesting to see your view on it which turned out quite interesting. I'd say you even explained it better than the original article.
ReplyDeleteYour summary is really great! I really love how you were able to recognize important information from useless detail :)
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