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odditiesoflife: Bone-Eating Snot-Flower Worm Osedax mucofloris is also known as the bone-eating snot-flower worm. This bizarre animal was recently discovered and described in 2005, by museum scientists working together with marine biologists in Sweden. The animal lives on whale bones on the sea floor and it is thought that this species, and others closely related to it, have evolved unique adaptations to this unusual habitat. To date, the bone-eating snot-flower worm has only been recorded from 2 whale carcasses off the coast of Sweden.

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Bone-Eating Snot-Flower Worm

Osedax mucofloris is also known as the bone-eating snot-flower worm. This bizarre animal was recently discovered and described in 2005, by museum scientists working together with marine biologists in Sweden.

The animal lives on whale bones on the sea floor and it is thought that this species, and others closely related to it, have evolved unique adaptations to this unusual habitat. To date, the bone-eating snot-flower worm has only been recorded from 2 whale carcasses off the coast of Sweden.

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