Well, this was the last session of the marine invert practicals that I had been demonstrating on for the last 6 weeks. Time flies when you're having fun I suppose, but I tell ya... the hardest group of organisms to identified were saved for last... polychaete worms! Can you believe that this animal (Nereis virens) is a worm?!? I mean, yeah, it has a body shaped like a worm, but check out those jaws on the end of its proboscis!!! WOW! Normally you wouldn't ever see these strong chitonous jaws unless it was in the process of capturing prey when it will evert its proboscis. Fortunately for us, this one died with them on display for all the students to see!
Oh, and if this thing were to bite you, yes, it would DEFINITELY hurt!
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