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

shoot outward to seize prey. It is not a passive bottom-dweller, but an active predator designed by evolution to survive where almost nothing else can.

Its golden, metallic-looking bristles aren’t decoration; they likely help it move over the seafloor and warn off would‑be attackers. As part of the polychaete worms that quietly recycle nutrients and continue reading …