Meet the Antarctic Worm Whose Teeth Are Straight Out of Your Worst Nightmares

being a recent mutation or secret experiment, this so‑called “alien worm” has been known to science since 1939. Eulagisca gigantea lives in the frozen darkness around Antarctica, a place so hostile that most of its neighbors are fragile, slow, and small. Yet this worm grows to about 8 inches long, armed with a retractable, tooth-lined throat it can continue reading …