Channel: Facts in Motion

Category: Education

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Description: Osedax - commonly called 'bone worm' or 'zombie worm' - is a genus of marine worms that feeds on the skeletons of dead whales. In this video, we will take a closer look at the life cycle and eating habits of these worms and find out what makes them so special. Sources: livescience.com/21359-bone-drilling-worms.html livescience.com/29192-worms-drill-whale-bones-acid.html livescience.com/5861-strange-worms-discovered-eating-dead-whales.html bbc.co.uk/nature/18594493 bbc.com/news/science-environment-32302164 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03938.x/full onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03937.x/abstract;jsessionid=6DE06231DF1724907D74485888D3829E.f03t02 link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-008-1091-z phys.org/news/2011-10-bone-eating-zombie-worms-longer.html ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878047 deepseanews.com/2011/04/whale-bone-devouring-worm-into-more-than-just-whales Music by Jay Man Tracks used: ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Different-being ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Past-Reflections ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Watching-Over-You ourmusicbox.com/ms_song/Sound-of-Silence Thanks for watching. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0