Bet it’s not a male

[Bullet2012]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-48675970

 

[slim_boy_fat]

"The worm collected during the survey is now in the collections of National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh."

Whereas, prior to the survey, it was happily minding it's own business at the bottom of the sea.......

 

[Bullet2012]

After watching the Chernobyl thing on the old one eyed lodger. I wonder if creatures like this are an unfortunate consequence, as opposed to an evolutionary (or god) thing.

 

[steviec_lj]

Isn’t it pleasing to read that they’ve ripped it out of its habitat and put it in a museum, probably to study and dissect.

 

[TechnicAl]

Isn’t it pleasing to read that they’ve ripped it out of its habitat and put it in a museum, probably to study and dissect.

never saw that coming did it

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

After watching the Chernobyl thing on the old one eyed lodger. I wonder if creatures like this are an unfortunate consequence, as opposed to an evolutionary (or god) thing.

More likely a result of all the crap we have dumped in the seas over the last 200 years

 

[Bullet2012]

^^
Or more like 1000 years

 

[colnerov]

never saw that coming did it

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!!

 

[Robotstar5]

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!!

Fetch the comfy chair

 

[Bullet2012]

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Fetch the comfy chair

And a foot stall please

 

[Bullet2012]

Hi @Robotstar5
Not sure where the doubleboost quote came from
?

 

[Robotstar5]

Hi @Robotstar5
Not sure where the doubleboost quote came from
?

Did you press the + Quote button by mistake?

 

[Bullet2012]

Isn’t it pleasing to read that they’ve ripped it out of its habitat and put it in a museum, probably to study and dissect.

Agree
But is it a “new” species or ???

 

[Migmac]

It’s male, got four eyes but had the testicles to hang around and let some scientist pick it up

 

[Carl Wilson]

It is reckoned that the radiation at Chernobyl has had only a minor effect on the animals and plants that are now thriving there.

 

[grim_d]

It is reckoned that the radiation at Chernobyl has had only a minor effect on the animals and plants that are now thriving there.

There's many interesting videos on YouTube about this.

Most of it seems to be minor, slightly altered beaks or different patterns on insect markings etc.

However...wildlife with severe malformities or issues will become something's dinner much quicker so it's likely hard to tell the true extent of the effects.