If you think it’s really pretty, there’s more. If you find it creepy, don’t look.

The Bobbitt worm here buries itself in the ocean floor, where it patiently waits for prey to swim or walk by. When something brushes against its antennae, it strikes so viciously and rapidly that it sometimes slices its prey clean in half. 1/ pic.twitter.com/CcBz5HpdLE

— Anna Hughes (@AnnaGHughes) March 18, 2019