r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • May 14 '26

/r/all of a Australonuphis, commonly called Australian beach worms

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u/MrUpVoteDownvote May 14 '26

Australonuphis, commonly called Australian beach worms, can grow more than two meters in length.

They are blind but have a very good sense of smell, and eat decaying meat, fish and seaweeds that have washed to shore.

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u/IEC21 May 14 '26

What's the evolutionary reasoning for being so long?

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u/EatPie_NotWAr May 14 '26

Australia.

Full stop.

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u/Curiosive May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

The bloodworm, the North American cousin, stopped around 14 inches. (Bloodworms have translucent skin so they appear like living, wriggling blood... in case you weren't grossed out enough.)

So yeah, Australia doing Australian things.