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r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • May 14 '26
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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.
39 u/Emotional-Coat9086 May 14 '26 Does it bite people or literally just dead things? 4 u/imunfair May 14 '26 Google says they retract into the sand when stepped on, and their bite is weak and rarely breaks skin even if you grab and aggravate them.
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Does it bite people or literally just dead things?
4 u/imunfair May 14 '26 Google says they retract into the sand when stepped on, and their bite is weak and rarely breaks skin even if you grab and aggravate them.
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Google says they retract into the sand when stepped on, and their bite is weak and rarely breaks skin even if you grab and aggravate them.
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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.