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Worm Moving Under Frozen Lake Resembles a Tube Worm

“I have rediscovered this worm-like mystery from a few years ago and thought maybe you could help!” states this reader in her submission regarding the long, brownish worm-like organism pictured below. “We live in Germany and we’re walking by a lake on a cold day in February when we spotted this creature under the ice; it was wriggling and moving and most definitely alive. Any ideas? Thank you!” Firstly, we must say that this worm is very odd-looking: we have never seen a worm with these markings, not to mention the bursting, bush-like thing at one end of its body. Secondly, we also have to point out the mysterious circumstances under which our reader discovered the worm; it is not every day you find a worm in a frozen lake.

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Multicolored Worm-shaped Object Found on Bedsheet Turns Out to be a Piece of Lint

“I found this worm on my laundered bed sheet as I was making my bed,” says this reader about the multi-colored object pictured below. Our reader asks if we can identify it for him and specifically if it is a midge fly larva.

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Are Tubeworms Really Made of Tubes?

During this time, bacteria enter through the mouth and gut, so they have stores. As the tubeworm grows, the mouth and gut disappear.

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What are Tubeworms?

These long, lean worms can grow up to 8 feet long. Like the bottom half of a tube of lipstick, the worms’ tube is tough. This is where the worm makes its home. The tube is white, and made of the toughest natural material in the ocean called chitin (pronounced “kite-in”).