This time for real
So, two things today. This link will take you the BBC best wildlife photography contest winners for 2005. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and it'll be the last thing you see, almost. Five amazing photos, especially if you like all that geeky science stuff.
Second, 'Zombie worms' found off Sweden. For real this time folks.
"A new species of marine worm that lives off whale bones on the sea floor has been described by scientists.
The creature was found on a minke carcass in relatively shallow water close to Tjarno Marine Laboratory on the Swedish coast.
Such "zombie worms", as they are often called, are known from the deep waters of the Pacific but their presence in the North Sea is a major surprise.
Adrian Glover and Thomas Dahlgren tell the journal the new species has been named Osedax mucofloris, which literally means "bone-eating snot-flower"
Scientists everywhere... take a bow.
Second, 'Zombie worms' found off Sweden. For real this time folks.
"A new species of marine worm that lives off whale bones on the sea floor has been described by scientists.
The creature was found on a minke carcass in relatively shallow water close to Tjarno Marine Laboratory on the Swedish coast.
Such "zombie worms", as they are often called, are known from the deep waters of the Pacific but their presence in the North Sea is a major surprise.
Adrian Glover and Thomas Dahlgren tell the journal the new species has been named Osedax mucofloris, which literally means "bone-eating snot-flower"
Scientists everywhere... take a bow.