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    Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    03/20/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    I don't have to read the article to know that thing is dangerous. Every primal ancient piece of my brain is screaming KILL KILL KILL as I look at the picture.
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    Image of resonanteye resonanteye
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    but he's so cute! kinda like a stretched out trilobyte!


    squee!


    (ok, I'm weird)

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    I'll stick with the Cornish Game Hens, thank you.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    Great. We didn't get sandworms, we got water worms. We get the world envisioned by Brian Herbert.


    Our future will be poorly written and way too long. Thanks a lot Blue Reef Aquarium.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    03/19/09

    @OW-Holmes: Brian Herbert reference FTW. Nicely done.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    I had a reef tank about 5 years ago. These worms are common. But, they typically only grow to about 2-3 inches. 4 feet is mind boggling.


    Anyway...they are called "Bristle worms". And they suck. Getting rid of them is nightmare. Usually, you buy fish like Hawk fish to hunt these worms which come out at night.

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    Image of Werrick Werrick
    03/19/09

    @FrankenPC:


    Where do they come from? Like, how did it get into your tank? Was it just an egg attached to the coral that hatched in the tank after you bought it or something?

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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    03/19/09

    @Werrick: When you setup a tank, you usually go buy "live" coral. Which is coral mined from land based dead coral beds. Then, that coral is placed in the ocean to absorb it's life forms. That newly restored ancient coral is then mined and shipped to you so you can place it your tank.


    So, you get ALL kinds of unknown life forms with that coral. Worms, micro organisms, algae, spore for crustaceans and anemone. You never know what you are going to get. It's really fun actually. Seeing what grows form that coral.

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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    03/19/09

    @FrankenPC: Yeah, I got some live ancient coral, but all that emerged from it was a Great Old One.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/19/09

    @Smeagol92055: HEY! You got my shipment of coral! I must have gotten yours, cuz all that came out of it were Sea Monkeys and Carebears.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    03/19/09

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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    03/19/09

    @kimsama: 2:09, since I forgot to mention it.
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    Image of qwijybo qwijybo
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    thank the gods that thing isn't the type of worm to live in a human body.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/19/09

    @qwijybo: I would highly advise that you check your stool tonight just in case there are reef worm eggs. You can never be too careful.
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    Image of CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe! CHUCK!! A.aaaa, saviour of the universe!
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    So whens the court hearing. And will it get a fair trail!!!?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    03/19/09

    @Modobaggins (If Chuck was my daddy..i'de show ya)!!: Or how about a fair "trill"?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    Yeah, the manufactured Spice just doesn't have the same kick.
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    Image of Laffinboy Laffinboy
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    "Permanent numbness"? Wow. Sucks to be the wranglers in *that* establishment. I wonder how they discovered the numbness was permanent? "Sorry 'bout that hand, Simon..."
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/19/09

    @Laffinboy:
    "Sorry, babe. I love you, but ten years ago this giant 4' coral-eating sea-worm rubbed up against me as it passed between my legs..."
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    Oh yeah, on a completely unrelated note, has anyone played Noby Noby Boy?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    03/19/09

    In reply to Giant Worm Not Actually Making Spice in Cornwall
    Duuuuude... it must have been starving, cuz it's like, a REEFER worm, huuuh huuh
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