Pigbutt Worm Mouth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOkay, so how did this worm end up with such an odd name. Seriously? You just need to look at their back end to figure this one out. That’s right, they basically look like a floating….umm….butt. This particular worm, which is a member of the Chaetoperidae family, is segmented but like it’s family members has an inflated mid-section, which gives it this unusual appearance. Unlike the rest of their family, they don’t live in tubes on the ocean floor. As mentioned, they prefer to just float around in this oxygen deprived zone. Perhaps, they don’t have a choice given the fact that they have a huge bubble in the middle of their body.<\/p>\n
Pigbutt Worm Fast Fact –<\/strong>\u00a0This worm is also larger than most members of its family as they are about the size of a chestnut. Scientists haven’t been able to determine if they are adults or larvae. Considering the size, you would think they were adults but all the specimens to date have been missing sexual organs, so the mystery has yet to be solved. Are you up for solving this mystery?<\/p>\nThanks for reading about the bizarre Pigbutt Worm. I hope you enjoyed our weird and mysterious Wild Fact. Have a great day and I will see you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I hope you are prepared to venture into the world of the weird and unusual today. I don’t think we can get much more bizarre than learning about the newly discovered Pigbutt Worm. Come on, just the name of this animal is intriguing….and funny. I am not messing with you either, this is a real animal, which is also known as “Flying Buttocks”. I can just imagine how much this poor worm gets made fun of at school for its name(s). In order to study this unusual worm we will need to grab our scuba gear and head to the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1235,2322,2319,4025,2318,2320,2321],"yoast_head":"\n
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