Giant Lungless worm found... on land:
From National Geographic, the most disturbing fauna-related news we've come across since the advent of snakehead fish (of which hideous ground-crawling aberrations if you are not aware we urge you to become so - forewarned is forearmed), a new species of "giant worm" that can mean us no goodwill:
A new amphibian species can survive on land with no nostrils, lungs, or legs, say researchers who discovered the bizarre beast.
The creature, found in Guyana, is part of the wormlike group of amphibians known as caecilians. Only one other caecilian species is known to live without lungs.
How is it that unfailingly in situations like these when researchers are asked for an explanation they inevitably say (as they do here): "...there are no real answers." Their job is to find answers. That is the whole thing they do. If we see a five-inch long ghostly worm flopping towards us, it won't take us long to come up with an answer that involves the top of said worm meeting the business end of a shoe. We're not going to get caught with our pants around our ankles on this one.
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