Five live giant shipworm specimens have been found in Mindanao, Philippines:
Scientists have found live specimens of the rare giant shipworm for the first time, in the Philippines. Details of the creature, which can reach up to 1.55m (5ft) in length and 6cm (2.3in) in diameter, were published in a US science journal.
The giant shipworm spends its life encased in a hard shell, submerged head-down in mud, which it feeds on. Though its existence has been known for years, no living specimen had been studied until now. Despite its name it is actually a bivalve, which is the same group as clams and mussels.
Discovery of chemoautotrophic symbiosis in the giant shipworm Kuphus polythalamia (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) extends wooden-steps theory (open, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620470114) (DX)
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:02PM (2 children)
Blah blah blah sciene nonsense blah blah blah... Wait an minute (reads summary)
Ho-lee shit. What I really need to know is do they taste good with lemon or smothered in sauce?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @01:35PM
Try dipping them in some lemon butter.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday April 19 2017, @02:41PM
They probably taste like mud and hardiness.
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