Watch a bobbit worm strike its prey | Science News

Named for Lorena Bobbitt who was tried for cutting off her husband’s penis in 1993, bobbit worms are found in coastal ecosystems in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. In this clip, a bobbit worm strikes an unsuspecting fish and retreats into its burrow. A recent study describes 20-million-year-old burrows unearthed in Taiwan that may have been home to creatures that ambushed prey similar to today’s monstrous bobbit worms. Read more: Video: Mean Mora